Word Study · Strong's H3888 · Hebrew

לוּשׁ

lush

loosh

Strong's 1890 spelling: lûwsh

“to knead”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to knead

Rendered in the KJV as

knead.

5
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 5 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

וַתָּ֔לָשׁ1
וַתָּ֙לָשׁ֙1
ל֖וּשִׁי1
לָשׁ֣וֹת1
מִלּ֥וּשׁ1

How it is rendered · 4

and she kneaded [it]2
[are] kneading1
from kneading1
knead [it]1

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

How it parses · 4

Hc/Vqw3fs2
preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine plural1
verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

Hc/Vqw3fs · 2
HR/Vqcc · 1
HVqrfpa · 1
HVqv2fs · 1

All 5, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis1 of 5 · 20%
1 Samuel1 of 5 · 20%
2 Samuel1 of 5 · 20%
Jeremiah1 of 5 · 20%
Hosea1 of 5 · 20%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 18:6ל֖וּשִׁיlushiverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singularSo Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”here: knead [it]

1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 28:24וַתָּ֔לָשׁvataloshHc/Vqw3fsThe woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.here: and she kneaded [it]

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 13:8וַתָּ֙לָשׁ֙vatalooshHc/Vqw3fsSo Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.here: and she kneaded [it]

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 7:18לָשׁ֣וֹתlashotverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine pluralThe sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.here: [are] kneading

Hosea1 occurrence

Hosea 7:4מִלּ֥וּשׁmilushpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.here: from kneading

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled לוּשׁ

H3889

לוּשׁ

Lush

“Lush, a place in Palestine”

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