Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2441
חֵךְ
chekh · “palate”
Used 18 times across 7 books
Definition
mouth, palate, taste, gums
Where it appears
Job7
Psalms2
Proverbs3
Song of Solomon3
Lamentations1
Ezekiel1
Hosea1
In the text
Job 6:30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?Job 12:11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?Job 20:13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:Job 29:10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.Job 31:30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.Job 33:2Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.Job 34:3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.Psalms 119:103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!Psalms 137:6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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