לְחִיlᵉchîy
jaw, cheek
Pronunciation: lekh-ee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3895
Meanings
1. jaw, jawbone (Judges 15:15; Judges 15:16; Judges 15:17)
2. cheek (1 Kings 22:24; 2 Chronicles 18:23; Job 16:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 21 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 18:3 “These are the parts the priests may claim as their share from the cattle, sheep, and goats that the people bring as offerings: the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.
- Judges 15:15 Then he found the jawbone of a recently killed donkey. He picked it up and killed 1,000 Philistines with it.
- Judges 15:16 Then Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, I’ve piled them in heaps! With the jawbone of a donkey, I’ve killed a thousand men!”
- Judges 15:17 When he finished his boasting, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was named Jawbone Hill.
- Judges 15:19 So God caused water to gush out of a hollow in the ground at Lehi, and Samson was revived as he drank. Then he named that place “The Spring of the One Who Cried Out,” and it is still in Lehi to this day.
- 1 Kings 22:24 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him across the face. “Since when did the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you?” he demanded.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).