יָרֵךְ yarekh

Hebrew word for “thigh” · Strong’s H3409 · used 34 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

1) thigh, side, loin, base;

How it is translated

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

• thigh 23
• side 6
• base 3
• thighs 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 32 (3), Numbers 5 (3), Genesis 24 (2), Exodus 40 (2), Numbers 3 (2), Judges 3 (2), Genesis 46 (1), Genesis 47 (1), Exodus 1 (1), Exodus 25 (1)

Forms

• ירך 18
• ירכו 6
• ירכה 4
• ירכי 2
• הירך 1
• ירכים 1
• ירכך 1
• ירכיך 1

Words used with it

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

• מְנוֹרָה menorah “lampstand” 4
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 6
• מִקְשָׁה miqshah “beating” 3
• בֶּטֶן beten “belly” 4
• פֶּרַח perach “flower” 3
• מִשְׁכָּן mishkan “tabernacle” 4
• צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 4
• צָבָה tsavah “to swell” 2
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 5
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 5
• יַעֲקֹב yaaqov “Jacob” 4
• אֵהוּד ehud “Ehud” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 24:2 — And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
• Genesis 32:25 — And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with…
• Genesis 47:29 — And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy…
• Exodus 25:31 — And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his…
• Exodus 37:17 — And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the…
• Exodus 40:24 — And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
• Numbers 5:22 — And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
• Numbers 5:27 — And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water…
• Judges 8:30 — And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
• Psalms 45:3 — Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
• Song of Solomon 7:1 — How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
• Jeremiah 31:19 — Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the…

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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.