Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2441
חֵךְ
chekkhake
palate
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chêk
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2441is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2441
properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
The King James renders it: (roof of the) mouth, taste.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chek is rendered "palate". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 6:30Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
Job 6:30חִ֝כִּ֗י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's eighteen uses are in Job.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- palate my3
- to palate my3
- mouth his2
- palate your2
- and a palate1
- and mouth your1
- and palate1
- mouth her1
- mouth your1
- on palate my1
- palate its1
- to palate their1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ2
- חִכִּ֑י2
- בְחִכִּֽי׃1
- וְחִכֵּ֕ךְ1
- חִכָּֽהּ׃1
- חכּ֖וֹ1
- חִכּוֹ֙1
- חִכּֽוֹ׃1
- חִ֝כִּ֗י1
- חִכְּךָ֣1
- חִכֶּ֔ךָ1
- חִכֶּֽךָ׃1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp2fs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp
Job
seven uses
Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
- חִ֝כִּ֗יchikinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: palate my
Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
- וְ֝חֵ֗ךְvechekhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a palate
though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
- חִכּֽוֹ׃chikonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: mouth his
The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
- לְחִכָּ֥םlechikampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to palate their
I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
- חִכִּ֑יchikinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: palate my
Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
- בְחִכִּֽי׃vechikipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: on palate my
For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
- וְ֝חֵ֗ךְvechekhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and palate
Psalms
two uses
How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
- לְ֭חִכִּיlechikipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to palate my
May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
- לְחִכִּי֮lechikipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to palate my
Proverbs
three uses
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- חִכָּֽהּ׃chikahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: mouth her
For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
- חִכִּ֑יchikinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: palate my
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
- חִכֶּֽךָ׃chikekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: palate your
Song of Solomon
three uses
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
- לְחִכִּֽי׃lechikipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to palate my
His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- חִכּוֹ֙chikonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: mouth his
and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
- וְחִכֵּ֕ךְvechikekhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and mouth your
Lamentations
one use
The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
- חכּ֖וֹchikonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: palate its
Ezekiel
one use
I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.
- חִכֶּ֔ךָchikekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: palate your
Hosea
one use
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
- חִכְּךָ֣chikekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: mouth your
The letters
Gematria 28· 508 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.