Strong H3897לָחַךְ
to lick
- Transliteration
- lâchak
- Pronunciation
- law-khak'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to lick: - lick (up).
Detailed definition
1) to lick, lick up
1a) (Qal) to lick up
1b) (Piel) to lick up
1a) (Qal) to lick up
1b) (Piel) to lick up
In the Bible
Strong H3897 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lick5
- licketh1
First verses
- Numbers 22:4And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
- 1 Kings 18:38Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
- Psalms 72:9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
- Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
- Micah 7:17They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.