Hebrew word study
יָרֵךְyârêk — the thigh (from its fleshy softness)
Pronounced “yaw-rake'”
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
Translated in the King James as: body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
Appears 34 times in Scripture
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be soft;
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Genesis — 9×
Leviticus — 1×
Judges — 4×
2 Kings — 1×
Psalms — 1×
Jeremiah — 1×
Ezekiel — 2×
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