Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H3895
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- lchiy
- Pronunciation
- lekh-ee'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H3895
- Brief meaning
- The cheek (from its fleshiness), hence, the jaw-bone
- Source renderings
- cheek (bone), jaw (bone)
- Root word
- from an unused root meaning to be soft
- Full definition from the source
- The cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone. Root word: from an unused root meaning to be soft.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
03895\ 3895 lchiy lekh-ee' from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone:--cheek (bone), jaw (bone).