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אֵיךְ H349

H349 is the Hebrew word אֵיךְ, transliterated ʼêyk and said ake. The King James Version most often renders it how.

Word: אֵיךְTransliteration: ʼêykSaid: akeLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 8 verses

What it means

how? or how!; also where.

Where it comes from

also אֵיכָה ; and אֵיכָכָה ; prolonged from H335 (אַי).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 10 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

how 6×than i how 1×what 1×or how 1×where 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: how, what.

Verses using אֵיךְ

All 8 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 44:34 · KJV

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

Deuteronomy 1:12 · KJV

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

Deuteronomy 7:17 · KJV

If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

Judges 16:15 · KJV

And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

2 Chronicles 10:6 · KJV

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

Esther 8:6 · KJV

For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

Song of Solomon 1:7 · KJV

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

Song of Solomon 5:3 · KJV

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

Common questions

What does Strong's H349 mean?

H349 is the Hebrew word אֵיךְ (ʼêyk), meaning how? or how!; also where.

How is H349 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it how (6 times), than i how (1 time), what (1 time), or how (1 time), where (1 time).

How many times does H349 appear in the Bible?

אֵיךְ (ʼêyk) is tagged in 8 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H349 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: also אֵיכָה ; and אֵיכָכָה ; prolonged from H335 (אַי).

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