Strong H3894לְחוּם
intestine
- Transliteration
- lâchûm lâchûm
- Pronunciation
- {law-khoom'} law-khoom'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Passive participle of H3898; properly {eaten} that {is} food; also {flesh} that {is} body: - while . . . is {eating} flesh.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: intestine
Exact lexical definition: intestines
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: [ לְחוּם ] n.[m.] perh. intestines , bowels
In the Bible
Strong H3894 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- eat1
- flesh1
First verses
- Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
- Zephaniah 1:17And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.