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Lexicon :: Strong's H349 - 'êḵ

Strong's

Red Letter

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 Info

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.

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

interrogative adverb

how?

interjection
how! (in lamentation)
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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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 Dr^{Intr. 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

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Strong's Number H349 matches the Hebrew אֵיךְ ('êḵ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Isa 1:21 -

How^H351 the faithful^H539 city^H7151 has become^H1961 a harlot^H2181,

She who was full^H4392 of justice^H4941!

Righteousness^H6664 once lodged^H3885 in her,

But now^H6258 murderers^H7523.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:4

Isa 14:4 - that you will take up this [fn]taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,

“How^H349 the taskmaster^H5065 has ceased^H7673,

And how [fn]fury^H4062 has ceased^H7673!

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Isa 14:12 -

“How^H349 you have fallen^H5307 from heaven^H4605,

O [fn]star^H1966 of^H1966 the^H1966 morning^H1966, son^H1121 of the dawn^H7837!

You have been cut^H1438 down^H1438 to the earth^H776,

You who have weakened^H2522 the nations^H1471!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Isa 19:11 -

The princes^H8269 of [fn]Zoan^H6814 are merely^H389 ignorant^H191 fools^H191;

The counsel^H6098 of Pharaoh’s^H6547 wisest^H2450 counselors^H3289 has become^H1197 [fn]senseless^H1197.

How^H349 can you men say^H559 to Pharaoh^H6547,

“I am a son^H1121 of the wise^H2450, a son^H1121 of the kings^H4428 of old^H6924”?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:6

Isa 20:6 - “So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, how^H349 shall we escape?’”

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Isa 36:9 - “How^H349 then can you [fn]turn away one [fn]official of the least of my master’s servants and trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:11

Isa 48:11 -

“For My own sake^H4616, for My own sake^H4616, I will act^H6213;

For how^H349 can My name be profaned^H2490?

And My glory^H3519 I will not give^H5414 to another^H312.

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