{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3895",
  "lemma": "לְחִי",
  "transliteration": "lᵉchîy",
  "definition": "the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone",
  "kjv": "cheek (bone), jaw (bone).",
  "occurrences": 21,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "לְחִי n.m. jaw, cheek",
    "1. jaw, jawbone, of animal",
    "2. cheek, of man"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 18:3",
      "text": "This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/18?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 15:15",
      "text": "He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, put out his hand, took it, and struck a thousand men with it.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 15:16",
      "text": "Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 15:17",
      "text": "When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 15:19",
      "text": "But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 22:24",
      "text": "Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the LORD’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 30:28",
      "text": "His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 50:6",
      "text": "I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/50?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 29:4",
      "text": "I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales. I will bring you up out of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/29?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 38:4",
      "text": "I will turn you around, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, with all your army, horses and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/38?v=4"
    }
  ],
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