Thigh
יָרֵךְStrong’s H3409yarekh (ya-rekh)
Appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yarekh is the Hebrew word usually translated “thigh of”, “thigh his” and “side of”. It appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:”
Meaning
- Thigh, side, loin, basethigh · side (flank) (of object) · base
How it's translated
- thigh of 6
- thigh his 6
- side of 6
- a thigh 4
- base its 3
- thigh my 2
- thigh 2
- the thigh 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 7
- Exodus 7
- Numbers 6
- Judges 4
- Song of Solomon 2
- Ezekiel 2
10 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 24:9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
- Genesis 32:25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
- Genesis 32:31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
- Genesis 32:32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
- Genesis 46:26All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
- Genesis 47:29And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Hebrew dictionary
יָרֵךְ yarekh · thigh
1) thigh, side, loin, base 1a) thigh 1a1) outside of thigh (where sword was worn) 1a2) loins (as the seat of procreative power) 1b) side (flank) (of object) 1c) base
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “thigh” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THIGH, noun
That part of men, quadrupeds and fowls, which is between the leg and the trunk.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.