# H3895 לְחִי

לְחִי (lᵉchîy), Strong’s H3895: the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone KJV: cheek (bone), jaw (bone).. Occurs 21 times.

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*lᵉchîy* — the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone

KJV: cheek (bone), jaw (bone).

Occurs 21 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- לְחִי n.m. jaw, cheek
- 1 jaw, jawbone, of animal
- 2 cheek, of man

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 18:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/18?v=3) — This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they…
- [Judges 15:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=15) — He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, put out his hand, took it, and struck a thousand men with it.
- [Judges 15:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=16) — Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.”
- [Judges 15:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=17) — When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.
- [Judges 15:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=19) — 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…
- [1 Kings 22:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=24) — Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the LORD’s…
- [Isaiah 30:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=28) — His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of…
- [Isaiah 50:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/50?v=6) — 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…
- [Ezekiel 29:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/29?v=4) — 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…
- [Ezekiel 38:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/38?v=4) — I will turn you around, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, with all your army, horses and…