To lick
לָחַךְStrong’s H3897lachakh (la-chakh)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lachakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “lick up”, “as licks up” and “it licked up”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.”
Meaning
- To lick, lick up(Qal) to lick up · (Piel) to lick up
How it's translated
- they will lick up 4
- as licks up 1
- it licked up 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
- 1 Kings 1
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
- Micah 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 18:38Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
- Psalms 72:9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
- Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
- Micah 7:17They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Hebrew dictionary
לָחַךְ lachakh · to lick
1) to lick, lick up 1a) (Qal) to lick up 1b) (Piel) to lick up
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lick” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LICK, verb transitive
[Latin lingo; Gr. See Like and Sleek.]
- To pass or draw the tongue over the surface; as, a dog licks a wound.
- To lap; to take in by the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. 1 Kings 21:19“Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as an ox licketh up the grass of the field” Numbers 22:4“His enemies shall lick the dust” Psalms 72:9
All definitions and other forms of “lick”
LICK, noun
In America, a place where beasts of the forest lick for salt, at salt springs.
LICK, noun
- A blow; a stroke. [Not an elegant word.]
- A wash; something rubbed on. [Not in use.]
LICK, verb transitive
To strike repeatedly for punishment; to flog; to chastise with blows. [Not an elegant word; but probably flog, Latin fligo, is from the root of this word.]
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.