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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 4 times in 4 verses in 'Lam' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:1

Lam 1:1 -

Aleph

How^H351 lonely^H910 sits^H3427 the city^H5892

That was great^H7227 with people^H5971!

She has become^H1961 like a widow^H490

Who^H7227 was once great^H7227 among the nations^H1471!

She who was a princess^H8282 among the [fn]provinces^H4082

Has become^H1961 a forced^H4522 laborer^H4522!

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:1

Lam 2:1 -

Aleph

How^H351 the Lord^H136 has covered^H5743 the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726

With^H5743 a^H5743 cloud^H5743 in His anger^H639!

He has cast^H7993 from heaven^H8064 to earth^H776

The beauty^H8597 of Israel^H3478,

And has not remembered^H2142 the footstool^H1916^H7272 of His feet^H7272

In the day^H3117 of His anger^H639.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:1

Lam 4:1 -

Aleph

How^H351 dark^H6004 the gold^H2091 has become^H6004,

How the pure^H2896 gold^H3800 has changed^H8132!

The sacred^H6944 stones^H68 are poured^H8210 out^H8210

At the head^H7218 of every^H3605 street^H2351.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:2

Lam 4:2 -

Beth

The precious^H3368 sons^H1121 of Zion^H6726,

Weighed^H5537 against fine^H6337 gold^H6337,

How^H351 they are regarded^H2803 as earthen^H2789 jars^H5035,

The work^H4639 of a potter’s^H3335 hands^H3027!

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