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Word Study · Strong's H3871 · Hebrew

לוּחַ

luach

loo'-akh

Strong's 1890 spelling: lûwach

probably meaning to glisten

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal

Rendered in the KJV as

board, plate, table.

  • 43
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 25
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 43 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 25

  • הַלֻּחֹ֔ת5
  • לֻחֹ֣ת5
  • לֻחֹ֥ת5
  • ל֥וּחַ3
  • הַלֻּחֹ֥ת2
  • לוּחֹ֣ת2
  • לֻח֥וֹת2
  • לֻחֹ֖ת2
  • הַלֻּח֔וֹת1
  • הַלֻּח֑וֹת1
  • הַלֻּחֹ֗ת1
  • הַלֻּחֹ֖ת1

and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 11

  • the tablets13
  • [the] tablets of11
  • tablets of8
  • [the] tablet of3
  • boards2
  • a board of1
  • a tablet1
  • and the tablets1
  • planks1
  • tablets1
  • the plates of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 8

  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)19
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural13
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
  • noun · feminine plural3
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
  • noun · feminine dual1
  • noun · masculine singular1
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNcfpc · 19
  • HTd/Ncfpa · 13
  • HNcmsc · 4
  • HNcfpa · 3
  • HC/Td/Ncfpa · 1
  • HNcfda · 1
  • HNcmsa · 1
  • HTd/Ncfpc · 1

All 43, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Exodus17 occurrences
Deuteronomy16 occurrences
1 Kings2 occurrences
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Proverbs2 occurrences
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
Isaiah1 occurrence
Jeremiah1 occurrence
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Habakkuk1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).