Strong H3896לֶחִי

Lehi

Transliteration
lechîy
Pronunciation
lekh'-ee
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

A form of H3895; {Lechi} a place in Palestine: - Lehi. Compare also H7437 .

Meaning of the name

Lehi = "jaw"

Detailed definition

Lehi, a place where Samson fought against the Philistines and God provided him with water (Judges 15:9, 14, 19).

In the biblical story

Lehi

A place where Samson fought the Philistines

Lehi, a place where Samson fought against the Philistines and God provided him with water (Judges 15:9, 14, 19).

In the Bible

Strong H3896 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • lehi3

First verses

  1. Judges 15:9
    Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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