H2441 חֵךְ
chêk — properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
KJV: (roof of the) mouth, taste.
Derived from חָנַךְ chânak (to narrow)
Occurs 18 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חֵךְ n.m. palate, roof of mouth, gums
Where it occurs
- Ezekiel 3:26 — I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and will not be able to correct them…
- Hosea 8:1 — “Put the shofar to your lips! Something like an eagle is over the LORD’s house, because they have broken my covenant…
- Psalms 119:103 — How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
- Psalms 137:6 — Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Proverbs 5:3 — For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 8:7 — For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- Proverbs 24:13 — My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
- Job 6:30 — Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
- Job 12:11 — Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
- Job 20:13 — though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,