lechi · jaw, cheek

What it means

lechi (לְחִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “jaw, cheek”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The jawbone of an animal, with its teeth.
2. The soft side of the face, where one is struck or caressed.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• cheek ×6
• cheeks ×5
• jawbone ×4
• jaws ×4
• Lehi ×1
• jaw ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×1
• Judges×5
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Job×2
• Psalms×1
• Song of Songs×2
• Isaiah×2
• Lamentations×2
• Ezekiel×2
• Hosea×1
• Micah×1

• Deuteronomy 18:3

  And this shall be the due of the priests from the people, from those who sacrifice the sacrifice, whether an ox or a lamb: he shall give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the stomach.

• Judges 15:15

  He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it and struck with it a thousand men.

• Judges 15:16

  And Samson said, “With the jawbone of the donkey, a heap, two heaps; with the jawbone of the donkey I have struck a thousand men.”

• Judges 15:17

  And it happened, when he had finished speaking, that he threw the jawbone from his hand, and he called that place Ramath-lehi.

• Judges 15:19

  And Elohim split open the hollow that is in Lehi, and water came out of it, and he drank, and his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he called its name En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

• 1 Kings 22:24

  Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the spirit of YHWH pass from me to speak to you?”

• 2 Chronicles 18:23

  Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the spirit of YHWH pass from me to speak to you?”

• Job 16:10

  They open wide their mouth against me; with reproach they strike my cheeks; together they mass themselves against me.

• Job 41:2

  Can you put a rush in its nose, or with a hook pierce its jaw?

• Psalms 3:7

  Rise up, YHWH; save me, my Elohim; for you have struck all my enemies on the cheek; the teeth of the wicked you have broken.

• Song of Songs 1:10

  Lovely are your cheeks with ornaments, your neck with necklaces.

• Song of Songs 5:13

  His cheeks are like a garden bed of balsam, towers of aromas; his lips are lilies, dripping myrrh that flows.

• Isaiah 30:28

  and his blast like a torrent that sweeps away, that reaches up to the neck, to sift the nations with a sieve of falsehood; and a bridle that leads astray is on the jaws of the peoples.

• Isaiah 50:6

  My back I gave to those who struck, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; my face I did not hide from humiliations and spit.

• Lamentations 1:2

  She weeps and weeps in the night, and her tears are on her cheek; she has no one to comfort her among all her lovers; all her friends have betrayed her; they have become enemies.

• Lamentations 3:30

  Let him give to the one who strikes him his cheek; let him be filled with reproach.

• Ezekiel 29:4

  And I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your channels stick to your scales; and I will bring you up from the midst of your channels, and all the fish of your channels will stick to your scales.

• Ezekiel 38:4

  And I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws, and I will bring out you and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed splendidly, a great assembly, with large shield and shield, wielding swords, all of them;

• Hosea 11:4

  With cords of humankind I drew them, with ropes of love; and I was to them like those who lift the yoke from their jaws; and I bent down to him and fed him.

• Micah 5:1

  Now gather yourself in bands, daughter of bands; a siege he has laid against us; with the rod they will strike on the cheek the judge of Israel.

And 1 more times.