Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
Lehi
Usage: This name means jaw, cheek Another name of le.chi (לֶחִי "Lehi" H3896)
lchiy - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3895 — parapipto (“fall away”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3895 לְחִי (lchiy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. lchiy (lekh-ee') n-m. 1. the cheek (from its fleshiness) 2. (hence) the jaw-bone It has 20 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include cheek, cheeks, jaws, jawbone, and jaw. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
lchiy (lekh-ee') n-m. 1. the cheek (from its fleshiness) 2. (hence) the jaw-bone [from an unused root meaning to be soft] KJV: cheek (bone), jaw (bone).
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3895. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Lehi
Usage: This name means jaw, cheek Another name of le.chi (לֶחִי "Lehi" H3896)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render lchiy, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
20 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3895.
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3895, grouped by book.
Strong's H3895 is a Hebrew entry for H3895 לְחִי (lchiy). lchiy (lekh-ee') n-m. 1. the cheek (from its fleshiness) 2. (hence) the jaw-bone
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's H3895 across 12 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3895 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cheek, cheeks, jaws, jawbone, and jaw. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.