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Lexicon :: Strong's H349 - 'êḵ

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אֵיךְ
Transliteration
'êḵ
Pronunciation
ake
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Part of Speech
interjection, interrogative adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Prolonged from אַי (H335)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 75

Strong’s Definitions

אֵיךְ ʼêyk, ake; also אֵיכָה ʼêykâh ; and אֵיכָכָה ʼêykâkâh ; prolonged from H335; how? or how!; also where:—how, what.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H349 in the following manner: how, what, where.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H349 in the following manner: how, what, where.
interrogative adverb

  1. how?

    interjection

  2. how! (in lamentation)

  3. expression of satisfaction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵיךְ ʼêyk, ake; also אֵיכָה ʼêykâh ; and אֵיכָכָה ʼêykâkâh ; prolonged from H335; how? or how!; also where:—how, what.
STRONGS H349: Abbreviations
† אֵיךְ 59 (Aramaic אֵיךְ, KAf   [pronounced âch]) adverb.
1. interrogative How? Genesis 26:9; 2 Samuel 1:5, 14; 1 Kings 12:6; Isaiah 20:6 and elsewhere; often with imperfect (especially in 1st person) in an expostulation Genesis 39:9; Genesis 44:8, 34; Joshua 9:7; 2 Samuel 2:22; 2 Samuel 12:18; Psalm 137:4; Isaiah 48:11 for how should it be profaned ? איך תאמר(ו) how canst or dost thou (do you) say... ? Judges 16:15; Isaiah 19:11; Jeremiah 2:23 (compare Jeremiah 8:8 אֵיכָה) Jeremiah 48:14; Psalm 11:1; in an indirect sentence 2 Kings 17:28; Jeremiah 36:17; Ruth 3:18.
2. as an exclamation How! whether of lamentation 2 Samuel 1:19; Jeremiah 2:21; Jeremiah 9:18; Micah 2:4; or of satisfaction Isaiah 14:4, 12; Jeremiah 48:39; Jeremiah 51:41; Obadiah 5 and elsewhere; with intensive force = how gladly! Jeremiah 3:19, how terribly! Jeremiah 9:6 (but others render here 'for how [else] should I do'? etc.) **Hos 11:8 according to Hi Ke We Marti and others.

† אֵיכָה (from אַי and כָּה = כֹּה; compare Assyrian ekiam) adverb
1. interrogative In what manner? τίνι τρόπῳ; (rather more definite than אֵיח = πῶς); Deuteronomy 1:12; Deuteronomy 7:17; Deuteronomy 12:30; Deuteronomy 18:21; Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 20:3 (indirect sentence) 2 Kings 6:15; Jeremiah 8:8; Psalm 73:11.
2. exclamation How! (slightly more emphatic than אֵיח) Isaiah 1:21; Jeremiah 48:17; Lamentations 1:1; Lamentations 2:1; Lamentations 4:1, 2.
3. Where? (properly north-Israel; compare Aramaic אֵיכָא, axByAf where ? compare DrIntr. 178, 421) only 2 Kings 6:13 Kt Songs 1:7 (twice in verse), — each time in an indirect sentence.

† אֵיכָ֫כָה (Songs) ֵֽֽֽאיכָכָ֫ה (Esther) (from אַי & כָּ֫כָה thus) How? only Songs 5:3 (twice in verse); Esther 8:6 (twice in verse).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:9; 39:9; 44:8; 44:34

Deuteronomy

1:12; 7:17; 12:30; 18:21; 32:30

Joshua

9:7

Judges

16:15; 20:3

Ruth

3:18

2 Samuel

1:5; 1:14; 1:19; 2:22; 12:18

1 Kings

12:6

2 Kings

6:13; 6:15; 17:28

Esther

8:6

Psalms

11:1; 73:11; 137:4

Song of Songs

1:7; 5:3

Isaiah

1:21; 14:4; 14:12; 19:11; 20:6; 48:11

Jeremiah

2:21; 2:23; 3:19; 8:8; 8:8; 9:6; 9:18; 36:17; 48:14; 48:17; 48:39; 51:41

Lamentations

1:1; 2:1; 4:1; 4:2

Hosea

11:8

Obadiah

1:5

Micah

2:4

H349

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H349 matches the Hebrew אֵיךְ ('êḵ),
which occurs 82 times in 74 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 26:9–Jer 2:23)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die on account of her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - Behold, the money that we found in our sacks' mouths we have brought again to thee from the land of Canaan; and how should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me? -- lest I see the evil that would come on my father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - And Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying, Lo, the children of Israel do not hearken to me: how then should Pharaoh hearken to me, to me of uncircumcised lips?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how will Pharaoh hearken unto me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How can I myself alone sustain your wear, and your burden, and your strife?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17 - If thou shouldest say in thy heart, These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow after them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:21 - And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word that Jehovah hath not spoken?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - And the men of Israel said to the Hivite, Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us, and how should I make a covenant with thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 - Then she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? these three times hast thou mocked me, and hast not told me in what is thy great strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. And the children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18 - Then she said, Be still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest until he have completed the matter this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - And Samuel said, How shall I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And Jehovah said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - And David said to the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14 - And David said to him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27 - How are the mighty fallen, and the instruments of war perished!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: why should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - And David was afraid of Jehovah that day, and said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice; and how shall we say to him, The child is dead? he may do some harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, How do ye advise to return answer to this people?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 - And when the attendant of the man of God rose early and went forth, behold, an army surrounded the city, with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:4 - And they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings stood not before him; and how shall we stand?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and abode in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, How do ye advise to return answer to this people?

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6 - For how shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - How then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1 - {To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} In Jehovah have I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19 - How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 - and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon; For why should I be as one veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - -- I have put off my tunic, how should I put it on? I have washed my feet, how should I pollute them? --

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, -- the exactress of gold ceased!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning! Thou art cut down to the ground, that didst prostrate the nations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - They are but fools, the princes of Zoan, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh: their counsel is become senseless. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - And the inhabitants of this coast shall say in that day, Behold, such is our confidence, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:11 - For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - And I, -- I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done -- a swift dromedary traversing her ways!

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