Word Study · Strong's H3896 · Hebrew
לֶחִי
Lechi
lekh'-ee
Strong's 1890 spelling: Lechîy
“Lechi, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Lechi, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Lehi. Compare also H7437 (רָמַת לֶחִי).
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- בַּלֶּ֔חִי1
- בַּלֶּֽחִי׃1
- לֶ֔חִי1
How it is rendered · 3
- [is] at the Lehi1
- at the Lehi1
- Lehi1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name)1
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- HRd/Npl · 2
- HNpl · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 15:9בַּלֶּֽחִי׃balechipreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.here: at the Lehi
- Judges 15:14לֶ֔חִיlechiproper noun (a name)When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.here: Lehi
- Judges 15:19בַּלֶּ֔חִיbalechipreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.here: [is] at the Lehi