Strong’s H2441 · Hebrew
חֵךְ
chêk · khake
Origin probably from חָנַךְ (H2596) in the sense of tasting;
Meaning properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
In the King James Version (roof of the) mouth, taste.
In 18 verses of the King James Version
- 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 5:3For 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 Songs 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 Songs 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 Songs 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.