H2441 חֵךְ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 18 KJV occurrences
חֵךְ
chêk · khake
Definition
properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
KJV Renderings
(roof of the) mouth, taste.
Derivation / Etymology
probably from H2596 (חָנַךְ) in the sense of tasting;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 18)
- Job 6:30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
- Job 20:13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
- Job 31:30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
- Job 34:3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
- Proverbs 5:3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Proverbs 24:13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
- Song of Solomon 5:16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- Lamentations 4:4The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.