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;
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- Job 6:30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
- Job 12:11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
- Job 20:13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
- Job 29:10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
- Job 31:30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
- Job 33:2Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
- Job 34:3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
- Psalms 119:103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
- Psalms 137:6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Proverbs 5:3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Proverbs 8:7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- Proverbs 24:13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
- Song of Solomon 2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my 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.
- Song of Solomon 7:9And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 3:26And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
- Hosea 8:1Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.