חֵךְ chekh

Hebrew word for “palate” · Strong’s H2441 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

mouth, palate, taste, gums

How it is translated

Glosses given for chekh in context, with how often each is used:

• palate 13
• mouth 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Job 6 (1), Job 12 (1), Job 20 (1), Job 29 (1), Job 31 (1), Job 33 (1), Job 34 (1), Psalms 119 (1), Psalms 137 (1), Proverbs 5 (1)

Forms

• חכי 3
• חכו 3
• לחכי 3
• חכך 3
• וחך 2
• לחכם 1
• בחכי 1
• חכה 1
• וחכך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chekh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 6
• דָּבַק davaq “to cleave” 4
• דּוֹד dod “beloved” 3
• נֹפֶת nophet “honey” 2
• טָעַם taam “to perceive” 2
• מָתוֹק matoq “sweet” 2
• שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 3
• בָּחַן bachan “to test” 2
• מִלָּה millah “speech” 2
• דְּבַשׁ devash “honey” 2
• שָׁאַל shaal “to ask” 2
• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 2

Key verses

The verses using chekh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Job 31:30 — Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
• 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:
• Song of Solomon 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my…
• Song of Solomon 5:16 — His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
• Song of Solomon 7:9 — And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
• Lamentations 4:4 — The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
• Ezekiel 3:26 — And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
• Hosea 8:1 — Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.