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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 - And Abimelech calleth for Isaac, and saith, 'Lo, she is surely thy wife; and how hast thou said, She is my sister?' and Isaac saith unto him, 'Because I said, Lest I die for her.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - none is greater in this house than I, and he hath not withheld from me anything, except thee, because thou art his wife; and how shall I do this great evil? -- then have I sinned against God.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - lo, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back unto thee from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of thy lord silver or gold?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - and Moses speaketh before Jehovah, saying, 'Lo, the sons of Israel have not hearkened unto me, and how doth Pharaoh hear me, and I of uncircumcised lips?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - And Moses saith before Jehovah, 'Lo, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how doth Pharaoh hearken unto me?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - 'How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17 - 'When thou sayest in thine heart, These nations are more numerous than I, how am I able to dispossess them? --

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - take heed to thee, lest thou be snared after them, after their being destroyed out of thy presence, and lest thou enquire about their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods, and I do so -- even I?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:21 - 'And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? --

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not -- that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - and the men of Israel say unto the Hivite, 'It may be in our midst ye are dwelling, and how do we make with thee a covenant?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 - And she saith unto him, 'How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power is.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - And the sons of Benjamin hear that the sons of Israel have gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel say, 'Speak ye, how hath this evil been?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18 - And she saith, 'Sit still, my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth, for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter to-day.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - And Samuel saith, 'How do I go? when Saul hath heard, then he hath slain me.' And Jehovah saith, 'A heifer of the herd thou dost take in thy hand, and hast said, To sacrifice to Jehovah I have come;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - And David saith unto the youth who is declaring it to him, 'How hast thou known 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 saith unto him, 'How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the anointed of Jehovah?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - 'The Roebuck, O Israel, On thy high places is wounded; How have the mighty fallen!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - How have the mighty fallen In the midst of the battle! Jonathan! on thy high places wounded!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27 - How have the mighty fallen, Yea, the weapons of war perish!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - And Abner addeth again, saying unto Asahel, 'Turn thee aside from after me, why do I smite thee to the earth? and how do I lift up my face unto Joab thy brother?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - and David feareth Jehovah on that day, and saith, 'How doth the ark of Jehovah come in unto me?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - and it cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the lad dieth, and the servants of David fear to declare to him that the lad is dead, for they said, 'Lo, in the lad being alive we spake unto him, and he did not hearken to our voice; and how do we say unto him, The lad is dead? -- then he hath done evil.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - And king Rehoboam consulteth with the elders who have been standing in the presence of Solomon his father, in his being alive, saying, 'How are ye counselling to answer this people?'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 - And the servant of the man of God riseth early, and goeth out, and lo, a force is surrounding the city, and horse and chariot, and his young man saith unto him, 'Alas! my lord, how do we do?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:4 - And they fear very greatly, and say, 'Lo, the two kings have not stood before him, and how do we stand -- we?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - And one of the priests whom they removed from Samaria cometh in, and dwelleth in Beth-El, and he is teaching them how they do fear Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot, and for horsemen?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - And king Rehoboam consulteth with the aged men who have been standing before Solomon his father in his being alive, saying, 'How are ye counselling to answer this people?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6 - for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - And how do ye comfort me with vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1 - To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19 - How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 - And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which is already, in the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it with judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it -- now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - How hast thou fallen from the heavens, O shining one, son of the dawn! Thou hast been cut down to earth, O weakener of nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - Only, fools are the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, 'A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - and the inhabitant of this isle hath said in that day -- Lo, thus is our trust, Whither we have fled for help, To be delivered from the king of Asshur, And how do we escape -- we?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and dost trust for thee on Egypt, for chariot and for horsemen?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:11 - For My sake, for Mine own sake, I do it, For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - How sayest thou, 'I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,

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