Lûwchîyth — H3872

Definition

locative proper noun

Luchith, a place East of the Jordan

1. Luhith = "tablets"
2. a town of Moab, south of the Arnon River

Usually translated as

Luhith

Origin

or Luchôwth; (Jeremiah 48:5), from the same as H3871; floored

• Same as Lûwach (H3871)

Occurrences

Lûwchîyth occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Isaiah 15:5 — My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith (הַלּוּחִ֗ית) with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
• Jeremiah 48:5 — For in the going up of Luhith (הַלּוּחִ֔ית) continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.