Lexical Definition

‎לְחִי‎ lᵉchîy (lekh-ee') Lehi ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to be soft

cheek (bone), jaw (bone).

• the cheek (from its fleshiness)
• hence, the jaw-bone

1) jaw, cheek
1a) jaw, jawbone (of animal)
1b) cheek (of man)

See Greek: σιαγών · χεῖλος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎לְחִי‎ noun masculine^{Song 1:10} jaw, cheek (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎לוֺחָא‎; Arabic ; on Assyrian la—û compare Dl^{HWB 375}, but = — ?); — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ absolute Judg 15:17; Mic 4:14* construct Judg 15:15 + 2 t.; ‎לֶ֑חִי‎ 1Kgs 22:24 + 3 t. + Judg 15:19 (twice in verse); suffix ‎לֶחֱיוֺ‎ Job 40:26* ‎לֶחֱיָהּ‎ Lam 1:2 dual ‎לְחָיַיִּם‎ Deut 18:3 construct ‎לְחָיֵי‎ Isa 30:28 suffix ‎לְחָיַי‎ Isa 50:6, compare Job 16:10, etc.; ‎לְחֵיהֶם‎ Hos 11:4 —

1. jaw, jawbone, of animal, Judg 15:15; Judg 15:16 (twice in verse); Judg 15:17 (under jaw of ass), compare proper name, of a location ‎רָכַת לֶ֑חִי‎ vJudg 15:17 in simile ‎עַלּלְֿחֵיהֶם‎ ‎כִּמְרִימֵי עֹל‎ Hos 11:4 like those lifting up a yoke from upon (read ‎מֵעַל‎ ?) their jaws (Israel under figure of oxen); of sacrificial ox or sheep Deut 18:3 of crocodile Job 40:26* of Pharaoh under figure of ‎תַּנִּים‎ Ezek 29:4 (compare vEzek 29:3); compare Ezek 38:4; Isa 30:28.

2. cheek, of man 1Kgs 22:24 = 2Chr 18:23; Job 16:10; Ps 3:8*; Song 5:13; Isa 50:6; Lam 3:30; Mic 4:14* of woman Song 1:10; Lam 1:2 (figurative of Jerusalem).

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