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.
- 43occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 10 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 25inflected 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
- Exodus17 of 43 · 40%
- Deuteronomy16 of 43 · 37%
- 1 Kings2 of 43 · 5%
- Proverbs2 of 43 · 5%
- 2 Chronicles1 of 43 · 2%
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus17 occurrences
- Exodus 24:12לֻחֹ֣תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”here: [the] tablets of
- Exodus 27:8לֻחֹ֖תluchotnoun · feminine pluralConstruct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.here: boards
- Exodus 31:18לֻחֹ֣תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.here: [the] tablets of
- Exodus 31:18לֻחֹ֣תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.here: tablets of
- Exodus 32:15לֻחֹ֥תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.here: [the] tablets of
- Exodus 32:15לֻחֹ֗תluchotnoun · feminine pluralThen Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.here: tablets
- Exodus 32:16וְהַ֨לֻּחֹ֔תvehaluchotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThe tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.here: and the tablets
- Exodus 32:16הַלֻּחֹֽת׃haluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThe tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.here: the tablets
- Exodus 32:19הַלֻּחֹ֔תhaluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAs Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.here: the tablets
- Exodus 34:1לֻחֹ֥תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.here: tablets of
- Exodus 34:1הַלֻּחֹ֔תhaluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThen the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.here: the tablets
- Exodus 34:1הַלֻּחֹ֥תhaluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThen the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.here: the tablets
- Exodus 34:4לֻחֹ֨תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.here: tablets of
- Exodus 34:4לֻחֹ֥תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.here: tablets of
- Exodus 34:28הַלֻּחֹ֗תhaluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralSo Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.here: the tablets
- Exodus 34:29לֻחֹ֤תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.here: [the] tablets of
- Exodus 38:7לֻחֹ֖תluchotnoun · feminine pluralThen he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.here: boards
Deuteronomy16 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 4:13לֻח֥וֹתluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.here: tablets of
- Deuteronomy 5:22לֻחֹ֣תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.here: tablets of
- Deuteronomy 9:9לוּחֹ֤תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.here: [the] tablets of
- Deuteronomy 9:9לוּחֹ֣תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.here: [the] tablets of
- Deuteronomy 9:10לוּחֹ֣תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.here: [the] tablets of
- Deuteronomy 9:11לֻחֹ֥תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.here: [the] tablets of
- Deuteronomy 9:11לֻח֥וֹתluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.here: [the] tablets of
- Deuteronomy 9:15לֻחֹ֣תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.here: [the] tablets of
- Deuteronomy 9:17הַלֻּחֹ֔תhaluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralSo I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.here: the tablets
- Deuteronomy 10:1לֻוחֹ֤תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.here: tablets of
- Deuteronomy 10:2הַלֻּחֹ֔תhaluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAnd I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”here: the tablets
- Deuteronomy 10:2הַלֻּחֹ֥תhaluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAnd I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”here: the tablets
- Deuteronomy 10:3לֻחֹ֥תluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.here: tablets of
- Deuteronomy 10:3הַלֻּחֹ֖תhaluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralSo I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.here: the tablets
- Deuteronomy 10:4הַלֻּחֹ֜תhaluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAnd the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,here: the tablets
- Deuteronomy 10:5הַלֻּחֹ֔תhaluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraland I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.here: the tablets
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 7:36הַלֻּחֹת֙haluchotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.here: the plates of
- 1 Kings 8:9לֻח֣וֹתluchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.here: [the] tablets of
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 3:3ל֥וּחַluachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.here: [the] tablet of
- Proverbs 7:3ל֥וּחַluachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.here: [the] tablet of
