אֵיךְ
ekh
“how?”
Definition
how? or how!; also where
also אֵיכָה ; and אֵיכָכָה ; prolonged from H335 (אַי);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Intg
H:Intg
H:Intg
Occurrences
אֵיךְ appears 72 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
I had planted you like a choice vinefrom the very best seed.How could you turn yourself before Meinto a rotten, wild vine?
How lonely lies the city,once so full of people!She who was great among the nationshas become a widow.The princess of the provinceshas become a slave.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.