לְחִי
lᵉchîy · lekh-ee'
the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be soft;
the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
- the cheek (from its fleshiness)
- hence, the jaw-bone
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cheek (bone), jaw (bone).
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect › the hand that works
Authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לְחִי 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- upon the cheek2 · 10%
- and the two cheeks1 · 5%
- jawbone1 · 5%
- with the jawbone1 · 5%
- with the jaw1 · 5%
- the jawbone1 · 5%
- that was in the jaw1 · 5%
- on the cheek1 · 5%
- me upon the cheek1 · 5%
- his jaw1 · 5%
- upon the cheek bone1 · 5%
- thy cheeks1 · 5%
- his cheeks1 · 5%
- in the jaws1 · 5%
- and my cheeks1 · 5%
- are on her cheeks1 · 5%
- his cheek1 · 5%
- in thy jaws1 · 5%
- into thy jaws1 · 5%
- on their jaws1 · 5%
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.