H3896

לחי

לחי

lachaaya

Proper locative noun · A form of לחי (H3895)

A form of H3895; Lechi, a place in Palestine:—Lehi. Compare also H7437.

Outline

Lehi = "jaw"

a place in Judah which must have been in the Shephelah, near the border of the hill-country of Judah; site uncertain

place is noted for being the location of Samson's killing of 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass

Usages

Judges 15:9

¶ Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

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Judges 15:14

¶ And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

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Judges 15:19

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 En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

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