Lechîy — H3896

Definition

locative proper noun

Lechi, a place in Palestine

1. Lehi = "jaw"
2. a place in Judah which must have been in the Shephelah, near the border of the hill-country of Judah; site uncertain
1. place is noted for being the location of Samson's killing of 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass

Usually translated as

Lehi

Origin

a form of H3895

• Lᵉchîy (H3895)

Occurrences

Lechîy occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (3)

• Judges 15:9 — Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi (בַּלֶּֽחִי).
• Judges 15:14 — And when he came unto Lehi (לֶ֔חִי), the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
• Judges 15:19 — But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi (בַּלֶּ֔חִי) unto this day.