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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, "She is really your wife! Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac replied, "Because I thought someone might kill me to get her."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn't bear to see my father's pain."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - But Moses replied to the LORD, "If the Israelites did not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with difficulty?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - But Moses said before the LORD, "Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17 - If you think, "These nations are more numerous than I - how can I dispossess them?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say, "How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:21 - Now if you say to yourselves, 'How can we tell that a message is not from the LORD?' -

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How can one man chase a thousand of them, and two pursue ten thousand; unless their Rock had delivered them up, and the LORD had handed them over?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 - She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said, "Explain how this wicked thing happened!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18 - Then Naomi said, "Stay put, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of the matter today."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - Samuel replied, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!" But the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - David said to the young man who was telling him this, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14 - David replied to him, "How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - The beauty of Israel lies slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - How the warriors have fallen in the midst of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your high places!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27 - How the warriors have fallen! The weapons of war are destroyed!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - So Abner spoke again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. How then could I show my face in the presence of Joab your brother?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, "How will the ark of the LORD ever come to me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - On the seventh day the child died. But the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child had died, for they said, "While the child was still alive he would not listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself harm!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, "How do you advise me to answer these people?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 - The prophet's attendant got up early in the morning. When he went outside there was an army surrounding the city, along with horses and chariots. He said to Elisha, "Oh no, my master! What will we do?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:4 - They were absolutely terrified and said, "Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. He taught them how to worship the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - Certainly you will not refuse one of my master's minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, "How do you advise me to answer these people?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6 - For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1 - In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me, "Flee to a mountain like a bird!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - They say, "How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19 - How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 - And you will say, "How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies - just like the fool!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Tell me, O you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest I wander around beside the flocks of your companions! The Lover to His Beloved:

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - "I have already taken off my robe - must I put it on again? I have already washed my feet - must I soil them again?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: "Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh's wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - At that time those who live on this coast will say, 'Look what has happened to our source of hope to whom we fled for help, expecting to be rescued from the king of Assyria! How can we escape now?'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - Certainly you will not refuse one of my master's minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:11 - For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - "How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.

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