אֵיךְ ekh
Hebrew word for “how?” · Strong’s H349 · used 82 times in 74 verses
Meaning
interrog adv; how?
Senses in the lexicon
- how? (61)
- how? (17)
- how? (4)
How it is translated
Glosses given for ekh in context, with how often each is used:
- how? 52
- how! 28
- where? 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 19 | 0.9 | |
| 2 Samuel | 8 | 0.7 | |
| Isaiah | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Deuteronomy | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Song of Solomon | 4 | 3.2 | |
| Lamentations | 4 | 2.6 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Esther | 2 | 0.7 |
Also in 13 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
2 Samuel 1 (5), Jeremiah 48 (3), Genesis 44 (2), Exodus 6 (2), Psalms 73 (2), Isaiah 14 (2), Jeremiah 2 (2), Jeremiah 9 (2), Lamentations 4 (2), Obadiah 1 (2)
Forms
- איך 43
- ואיך 18
- איכה 17
- איככה 3
- ואיככה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ekh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 7
- אֲנַחְנוּ anachnu “we” 5
- שַׁמָּה shammah “horror” 4
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 7
- ךָּ ka “you” 6
- יָרֵא yare “to fear” 5
- נָגַד nagad “to tell” 5
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 5
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 6
- גִּבּוֹר gibbor “mighty man” 4
- אֵת et “with” 6
- יָדַע yada “to know” 6
Key verses
The verses using ekh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 39:9 — There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great…
- Deuteronomy 32:30 — How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
- Psalms 11:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
- Psalms 73:19 — How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
- Song of Solomon 1:7 — Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the…
- Isaiah 1:21 — How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
- Isaiah 14:4 — That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
- Isaiah 19:11 — Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the…
- Jeremiah 2:21 — Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
- Jeremiah 3:19 — But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me,…
- Lamentations 1:1 — How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces,…
- Hosea 11:8 — How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned…
See all 74 verses in the Word Atlas
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.