Strong's Hebrew · H2441
חֵךְ
chêk · khake
Definitionproperly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
Derivationprobably from H2596 (חָנַךְ) in the sense of tasting;
KJV usage(roof of the) mouth, taste.
Occurrences18 in the KJV · 18 verses
חֵךְ in Scripture
Job 6:30
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
Job 12:11
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
Job 20:13
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Job 29:10
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Job 31:30
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
Job 33:2
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Job 34:3
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
Psalms 119:103
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalms 137:6
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Proverbs 8:7
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Proverbs 24:13
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
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