חֵךְ
chêk · khake
properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H2596 (חָנַךְ) in the sense of tasting;
properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
- properly, the palate or inside of the mouth
- hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (roof of the) mouth, taste.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the open hand that covers
To separate and protect of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֵךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his mouth2 · 11%
- cannot my taste1 · 6%
- and the mouth1 · 6%
- to the roof of their mouth1 · 6%
- my mouth1 · 6%
- in my mouth1 · 6%
- as the mouth1 · 6%
- unto my taste1 · 6%
- to the roof of my mouth1 · 6%
- and her mouth1 · 6%
- for my mouth1 · 6%
- to thy taste1 · 6%
- to my taste1 · 6%
- and the roof of thy mouth1 · 6%
- to the roof of his mouth1 · 6%
- to the roof of thy mouth1 · 6%
- to thy mouth1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.