Lâchûwm — H3894

Definition

masculine noun

properly, eaten, i.e. food; also flesh, i.e. body

1. intestines, bowels
1. meaning uncertain
2. (CLBL) food, something eaten

Usually translated as

while...is eating, flesh

Origin

or lâchum; passive participle of H3898

• Lâcham (H3898)

Greek equivalents

• sárx (G4561)

Occurrences

Lâchûwm occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Job 20:23 — When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating (בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ).
• Zephaniah 1:17 — And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh (וּלְחֻמָ֖ם) as the dung.