Strong's Definition
from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
KJV Usage: cheek (bone), jaw (bone)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
לְחִי (le.chi) — Lehi. This name means jaw, cheek Another name of le.chi (לֶחִי "Lehi" H3896)
לְחִי (le.chi) — jaw. 1) jaw, cheek 1a) jaw, jawbone (of animal) 1b) cheek (of man)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
jaw, jawbone, cheek = the lower bony structure of the skull of humans and certain animals that forms the framework of the mouth and holds the teeth
DEU 18:3 · JDG 15:15 · JDG 15:16 · JDG 15:16 · JDG 15:17 · 1KI 22:24 · 2CH 18:23 · JOB 16:10 · JOB 40:26 · PSA 3:8 · SNG 1:10 · SNG 5:13 · ISA 30:28 · ISA 50:6 · LAM 1:2 · LAM 3:30 · EZK 29:4 · EZK 38:4 · HOS 11:4 · MIC 4:14
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
לְחִי n.m. jaw, cheek jaw, jawbone, of animal
cheek, of man
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