Strong's Concordance chek: palate, roof of the mouth, gums Original Word: חֵךPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: chek Phonetic Spelling: (khake) Short Definition: mouth Brown-Driver-Briggs חֵךְ noun masculine palate, roof of mouth, gums (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic  חִכָּא Arabic  palate, roof of mouth, jaws, lower part of mouth, lower jaw of horse, mouth, etc. Lane659 Dozyi. 332); — absolute ׳ח Job 12:11; Job 34:3; suffix חִכִּי Proverbs 8:7 6t., חִכְּךָ Hosea 8:1, חִכֶּ֑ךָ Ezekiel 3:26; Proverbs 24:13; chiefly in poetry, especially Wisdom Literature: — חִכֵךְ Cant 7:10, חִכּוֺ Lamentations 4:4 2t., חִכָּהּ Proverbs 5:3, חִכָּם Job 29:10; — palate, roof of mouth: a. אֶלחִֿכְּךָ שֹׁפָר Hosea 8:1 a trumpet to thy palate! (or gums; as in English, to thy lips); often with לָשׁוֺן, tongue clings (דבק) to חך, expression for speechlessness Ezekiel 3:26; Job 29:10, as imprecation Psalm 137:6; for the parching of extreme thirst Lamentations 4:4 (בַּצָּמָא), compare Psalm 22:16 ᵑ0 יָבֵּשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׂ כֹּחִי read חִכִּי for כחי see Checritical note ("" לְשׁוֺנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֺחָ֑י). b. as organ of speech Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 8:7 (both "" שְׂפָתַיִם), Job 31:30; Job 33:2 דִּבְּרָה לְשׁוֺנִי בְחִכִּי ("" מָּתַחְתִּי פִי). c. as organ of taste Job 12:11; Job 34:3, מִּרְיוֺ מָתוֺק לְחִכִּי Songs 2:3 his fruit was sweet to my palate, Proverbs 24:13 (implied simile of wisdom as sweet to the soul); figurative of God's words as sweet ׳לְח Psalm 119:103 ("" מִּי); of taste as distinguishing misfortunes Job 6:30 ("" לָשׁוֺן; > others of speech); of keeping wickedness ׳בְּתוֺךְ ח Job 20:18 ("" תַּחַת לָשׁוֺן), i.e. delighting in and prolonging the taste of it. d. nearly = mouth, as an element in personal sweetness and beauty Songs 5:16; Songs 7:10. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance roof of the mouth, taste Probably from chanak 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) -- (roof of the) mouth, taste. see HEBREW chanak Forms and Transliterations בְחִכִּֽי׃ בחכי׃ וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ וְחִכֵּ֕ךְ וחך וחכך חִ֝כִּ֗י חִכְּךָ֣ חִכִּ֑י חִכֶּ֔ךָ חִכֶּֽךָ׃ חִכָּֽהּ׃ חִכּ֖וֹ חִכּֽוֹ׃ חִכּוֹ֙ חכה׃ חכו חכו׃ חכי חכך חכך׃ לְ֭חִכִּי לְחִכִּֽי׃ לְחִכִּי֮ לְחִכָּ֥ם לחכי לחכי׃ לחכם ḇə·ḥik·kî ḇəḥikkî chikKah chikKecha chikKi chikKo ḥik·kāh ḥik·ke·ḵā ḥik·kə·ḵā ḥik·kî ḥik·kōw ḥikkāh ḥikkeḵā ḥikkəḵā ḥikkî ḥikkōw lə·ḥik·kām lə·ḥik·kî lechikKam Lechikki ləḥikkām ləḥikkî veChech vechikKech vechikKi wə·ḥêḵ wə·ḥik·kêḵ wəḥêḵ wəḥikkêḵLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 244118 Occurrences ḥik·kāh — 1 Occ. ḥik·ke·ḵā — 3 Occ. ḥik·kî — 3 Occ. ḥik·kōw — 3 Occ. lə·ḥik·kām — 1 Occ. lə·ḥik·kî — 3 Occ. wə·ḥêḵ — 2 Occ. wə·ḥik·kêḵ — 1 Occ. ḇə·ḥik·kî — 1 Occ. Job 6:30 HEB: עַוְלָ֑ה אִם־ חִ֝כִּ֗י לֹא־ יָבִ֥ין NAS: Cannot my palate discern KJV: in my tongue? cannot my taste discern INT: iniquity lo my palate not discern Job 12:11 Job 20:13 Job 29:10 Job 31:30 Job 33:2 Job 34:3 Psalm 119:103 Psalm 137:6 Proverbs 5:3 Proverbs 8:7 Proverbs 24:13 Songs 2:3 Songs 5:16 Songs 7:9 Lamentations 4:4 Ezekiel 3:26 Hosea 8:1 |
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