אֵיךְ
ʼêyk · ake
how? or how!; also where
Lexicon
Derivation: also אֵיכָה ; and אֵיכָכָה ; prolonged from H335 (אַי);
how? or how!; also where
- how? or how!
- also, where
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: how, what.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › the open hand that covers
Strength, the leader of the hand that works of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵיךְ 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
82 occurrences · 82 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- how4 · 36%
- for how2 · 18%
- than i; how1 · 9%
- unto him, how1 · 9%
- what1 · 9%
- or how1 · 9%
- where1 · 9%
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.