Hebrew word study

אֵיךְʼêyk — how? or how!

Pronounced “ake”

how? or how!; also where

Translated in the King James as: how, what.

Appears 82 times in Scripture

Origin: also אֵיכָה ; and אֵיכָכָה ; prolonged from H335 (אַי);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 4×
Genesis 26:9Genesis 39:9Genesis 44:8Genesis 44:34
Exodus — 2×
Exodus 6:12Exodus 6:30
Deuteronomy — 5×
Deuteronomy 1:12Deuteronomy 7:17Deuteronomy 12:30Deuteronomy 18:21Deuteronomy 32:30
Joshua — 1×
Joshua 9:7
Judges — 2×
Judges 16:15Judges 20:3
Ruth — 1×
Ruth 3:18
1 Samuel — 1×
1 Sam 16:2
2 Samuel — 8×
2 Sam 1:52 Sam 1:142 Sam 1:192 Sam 1:252 Sam 1:272 Sam 2:222 Sam 6:92 Sam 12:18
1 Kings — 1×
1 Ki 12:6
2 Kings — 4×
2 Ki 6:152 Ki 10:42 Ki 17:282 Ki 18:24
2 Chronicles — 1×
2 Chr 10:6
Esther — 2×
Esther 8:6+ 1 more in Esther
Job — 1×
Job 21:34
Psalms — 4×
Psalms 11:1Psalms 73:11Psalms 73:19Psalms 137:4
Proverbs — 1×
Proverbs 5:12
Ecclesiastes — 2×
Eccles 2:16Eccles 4:11
Song of Solomon — 4×
Song 1:7Song 5:3+ 2 more in Song of Solomon
Isaiah — 7×
Isaiah 1:21Isaiah 14:4Isaiah 14:12Isaiah 19:11Isaiah 20:6Isaiah 36:9Isaiah 48:11
Jeremiah — 19×
Jeremiah 2:21Jeremiah 2:23Jeremiah 3:19Jeremiah 8:8Jeremiah 9:7Jeremiah 9:19Jeremiah 12:5Jeremiah 36:17Jeremiah 47:7Jeremiah 48:14Jeremiah 48:17Jeremiah 48:39Jeremiah 49:25Jeremiah 50:23Jeremiah 51:41+ 4 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations — 4×
Lam 1:1Lam 2:1Lam 4:1Lam 4:2
Ezekiel — 2×
Ezekiel 26:17Ezekiel 33:10
Hosea — 2×
Hosea 11:8+ 1 more in Hosea
Obadiah — 2×
Obadiah 1:5Obadiah 1:6
Micah — 1×
Micah 2:4
Zephaniah — 1×
Zeph 2:15

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