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לוּחַ H3871

H3871 is the Hebrew word לוּחַ, transliterated lûwach and said loo'-akh. The King James Version most often renders it tables.

Word: לוּחַTransliteration: lûwachSaid: loo'-akhLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 32 verses

What it means

probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal.

Where it comes from

or לֻחַ; from a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 41 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

tables 31×table 3×boards 2×even the tables 2×plates 1×before them in a table 1×ship boards 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: board, plate, table.

Verses using לוּחַ

All 32 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 24:12 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Exodus 27:8 · KJV

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

Exodus 31:18 · KJV

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

Exodus 32:15 · KJV

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

Exodus 32:16 · KJV

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Exodus 32:19 · KJV

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Exodus 34:1 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

Exodus 34:4 · KJV

And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

Exodus 34:28 · KJV

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Exodus 34:29 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

Deuteronomy 4:13 · KJV

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

Deuteronomy 5:22 · KJV

These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

Deuteronomy 9:9 · KJV

When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

Deuteronomy 9:10 · KJV

And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

Deuteronomy 9:11 · KJV

And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

Deuteronomy 9:15 · KJV

So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

Deuteronomy 9:17 · KJV

And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

Deuteronomy 10:1 · KJV

At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.

Deuteronomy 10:2 · KJV

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

Deuteronomy 10:3 · KJV

And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.

Deuteronomy 10:4 · KJV

And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.

Deuteronomy 10:5 · KJV

And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.

1 Kings 7:36 · KJV

For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

1 Kings 8:9 · KJV

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 5:10 · KJV

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

Proverbs 3:3 · KJV

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Proverbs 7:3 · KJV

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Song of Solomon 8:9 · KJV

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

Isaiah 30:8 · KJV

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

Jeremiah 17:1 · KJV

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

Ezekiel 27:5 · KJV

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

Habakkuk 2:2 · KJV

And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3871 mean?

H3871 is the Hebrew word לוּחַ (lûwach), meaning probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal.

How is H3871 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it tables (31 times), table (3 times), boards (2 times), even the tables (2 times), plates (1 time), among others.

How many times does H3871 appear in the Bible?

לוּחַ (lûwach) is tagged in 32 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3871 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or לֻחַ; from a primitive root.

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