H3896: לֶחִי
Lechîy · pronounced lekh'-ee · “Lehi”
Definition
Lechi, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Lehi. Compare also H7437 (רָמַת לֶחִי).
Word origin: a form of H3895 (לְחִי);
Extended definition
a place in Judah which must have been in the Shephelah, near the border of the hill-country of Judah; site uncertain
place is noted for being the location of Samson's killing of 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass
Also named: le.chi (לְחִי "Lehi" H3895)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3896 is translated
- lehi ×3
Bible verses with H3896 (Lechîy)
Lechîy appears in 3 verses.
- Judges 15:9
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
- Judges 15:14
And when he came unto Lehi, 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 unto this day.