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Lexicon :: Strong's H3895 - lᵊḥî

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לְחִי
Transliteration
lᵊḥî
Pronunciation
lekh-ee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be soft
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TWOT Reference: 1101a

Strong’s Definitions

לְחִי lᵉchîy, lekh-ee'; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone:—cheek (bone), jaw (bone).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H3895 in the following manner: cheek (10x), jaw (7x), jawbone (3x), bone (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H3895 in the following manner: cheek (10x), jaw (7x), jawbone (3x), bone (1x).

  1. jaw, cheek

    1. jaw, jawbone (of animal)

    2. cheek (of man)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לְחִי lᵉchîy, lekh-ee'; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone:—cheek (bone), jaw (bone).
STRONGS H3895: Abbreviations
† I. לְחִי noun masculineSongs 1:10 jaw, cheek (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לוֺחָא; Arabic bdb053411; on Assyrian laḫû compare DlHWB 375, but bdb053412 = ḫ ?); — ל׳ absolute Judges 15:17; Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; construct Judges 15:15 + 2 times; לֶ֑חִי 1 Kings 22:24 + 3 times + Judges 15:19 (twice in verse); suffix לֶחֱיוֺ Job 40:26; לֶחֱיָהּ Lamentations 1:2; dual לְחָיַיִּם Deuteronomy 18:3; construct לְחָיֵי Isaiah 30:28; suffix לְחָיַי Isaiah 50:6, compare Job 16:10, etc.; לְחֵיהֶם Hosea 11:4; —
1. jaw, jawbone, of animal, Judges 15:15, 16 (twice in verse); Judges 15:17 (under jaw of ass), compare proper name, of a location רָכַת לֶ֑חִי Judges 15:17; in simile עַלּלְֿחֵיהֶם כִּמְרִימֵי עֹל Hosea 11:4 like those lifting up a yoke from upon (read מֵעַל ?) their jaws (Israel under figure of oxen); of sacrificial ox or sheep Deuteronomy 18:3; of crocodile Job 40:26; of Pharaoh under figure of תַּנִּים Ezekiel 29:4 (compare Ezekiel 29:3); compare Ezekiel 38:4; Isaiah 30:28.
2. cheek, of man 1 Kings 22:24 2 Chronicles 18:23; Job 16:10; Psalm 3:8; Songs 5:13; Isaiah 50:6; Lamentations 3:30; Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; of woman Songs 1:10; Lamentations 1:2 (figurative of Jerusalem).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

18:3; 18:3

Judges

15:15; 15:15; 15:16; 15:17; 15:17; 15:17; 15:19

1 Kings

22:24; 22:24

2 Chronicles

18:23

Job

16:10; 16:10

Psalms

3:8

Song of Songs

1:10; 1:10; 5:13

Isaiah

30:28; 30:28; 50:6; 50:6

Lamentations

1:2; 1:2; 3:30

Ezekiel

29:3; 29:4; 38:4

Hosea

11:4; 11:4

Micah

5:1; 5:1

H3895

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3895 matches the Hebrew לְחִי (lᵊḥî),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3 - “Now this H2088 shall be the priests’ H3548 due H4941 from the people, H5971 from those who offer H2076 a sacrifice, H2076 either H518 an ox H7794 or H518 a sheep, H7716 of which they shall give H5414 to the priest H3548 the shoulder H2220 and the two H3895 cheeks H3895 and the stomach. H6896

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:15 - He found H4672 a fresh H2961 jawbone H3895 of a donkey, H2543 so he [fn]reached H7971 H3027 out and took H3947 it and [fn]killed H5221 a thousand H505 men H376 with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:16 - Then Samson H8123 said, H559
“With the jawbone H3895 of a donkey, H2543
[fn]Heaps H2565 upon heaps, H2565
With the jawbone H3895 of a donkey H2543
I have [fn]killed H5221 a thousand H505 men.” H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:17 - When he had finished H3615 speaking, H1696 he threw H7993 the jawbone H3895 from his hand; H3027 and he named H7121 that place H4725 [fn]Ramath-lehi. H7437

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - But God H430 split H1234 the hollow H4388 place that is in Lehi H3896 so that water H4325 came H3318 out of it. When he drank, H8354 his [fn]strength H7307 returned H7725 and he revived. H2421 Therefore H5921 H3651 he named H7121 H8034 it [fn]En-hakkore, H5875 which H834 is in Lehi H3896 to this H2088 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24 - Then Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Chenaanah H3668 came H5066 near H5066 and struck H5221 Micaiah H4321 on the cheek H3895 and said, H559 “How H335 H2088 did the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 pass H5674 from me to speak H1696 to you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 - Then Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Chenaanah H3668 came H5066 near H5066 and struck H5221 Micaiah H4321 on the cheek H3895 and said, H559 “[fn]How H335 H2088 did the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 pass H5674 from me to speak H1696 to you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:10 - “They have gaped H6473 at me with their mouth, H6310
They have [fn]slapped H5221 me on the cheek H3895 with contempt; H2781
They have massed H4390 themselves against H5921 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - “Can you put H7760 a [fn]rope H100 in his nose H639
Or pierce H5344 his jaw H3895 with a [fn]hook? H2336

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, H6965 O LORD; H3068 save H3467 me, O my God! H430
For You [fn]have smitten H5221 all H3605 my enemies H340 on the [fn]cheek; H3895
You [fn]have shattered H7665 the teeth H8127 of the wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:10 - “Your cheeks H3895 are lovely H4998 with ornaments, H8447
Your neck H6677 with strings H2737 of beads.” H2737

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 - “His cheeks H3895 are like a bed H6170 of balsam, H1314
Banks H4026 of sweet-scented H4840 herbs; H4840
His lips H8193 are lilies H7799
Dripping H5197 with liquid H5674 myrrh. H4753

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - His breath H7307 is like an overflowing H7857 torrent, H5158
Which reaches H2673 to the neck, H6677
To shake H5130 the nations H1471 back H5130 and forth H1234 in a [fn]sieve, H5299
And to put in the jaws H3895 of the peoples H5971 the bridle H7448 which [fn]leads H8582 to ruin. H8582

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 - I gave H5414 My back H1460 to those who strike H5221 Me,
And My cheeks H3895 to those who pluck H4803 out the beard; H4803
I did not cover H5641 My face H6440 from humiliation H3639 and spitting. H7536

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 - She weeps H1058 bitterly H1058 in the night H3915
And her tears H1832 are on her cheeks; H3895
She has H369 none H369 to comfort H5162 her
Among H4480 all H3605 her lovers. H157
All H3605 her friends H7453 have dealt H898 treacherously H898 with her;
They have become H1961 her enemies. H340

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30 - Let him give H5414 his cheek H3895 to [fn]the smiter, H5221
Let him be filled H7646 with reproach. H2781

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - “I will put H5414 hooks H2397 in your jaws H3895
And make the fish H1710 of your [fn]rivers H2975 cling H1692 to your scales. H7193
And I will bring H5927 you up out of the midst H8432 of your [fn]rivers, H2975
And all H3605 the fish H1710 of your [fn]rivers H2975 will cling H1692 to your scales. H7193

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:4 - “I will turn H7725 you about H7725 and put H5414 hooks H2397 into your jaws, H3895 and I will bring H3318 you out, and all H3605 your army, H2428 horses H5483 and horsemen, H6571 all H3605 of them [fn]splendidly H4358 attired, H3847 a great H7227 company H6951 with buckler H6793 and shield, H4043 all H3605 of them wielding H8610 swords; H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I led H4900 them with cords H2256 of a man, H120 with bonds H5688 of love, H160
And I became H1961 to them as one who lifts H7311 the yoke H5923 from their jaws; H3895
And I bent H5186 down H5186 and fed H398 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1 - “[fn]Now H6258 muster H1413 yourselves in troops, H1413 daughter H1323 of troops; H1416
[fn]They have laid H7760 siege H4692 against H5921 us;
With a rod H7626 they will smite H5221 the judge H8199 of Israel H3478 on the cheek. H3895
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