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Friday, October 18th, 2024
the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3963 - לֵתֶךְ

Transliteration

lethek

Phonetics

leh'-thek

Origin

from an unused root of uncertain meaning

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1133a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

barley-measure
1. uncertain measurement but thought to be half an homer-5 ephahs

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Hosea 1

BSB (1)

Hosea 1

CSB (0)

The Christian Standard Bible®
did not use
this Strong's Number

ESV (1)

Hosea 1

KJV (1)

Hosea 1

LEB (1)

Hosea 1

LSB (1)

Hosea 1

N95 (1)

Hosea 1

NAS (1)

Hosea 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Hosea 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2327) k t l (לתכ LTK) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

N^m ) k t l (לתכ LTK) - Letek: A standard of measure. KJV (1): half-homer - Strongs: H3963 (לֵתֶךְ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

לֶ֫תֶךְ noun [masculine] a barley-measure (Late Hebrew id., a corn-measure); only in שְׂעֹרִים׳חֹמֶרשְֿׂעֹרִים וְל Hosea 3:2; according to ᵑ9 = 1/2 כֹּר = 1/2 חֹמֶר (q. v.), compare Mishna (Levy^{NHWB ii. 531}), but this tradition is uncertain (compare Now^{Archaeology i. 203}); ᵐ5 νέβελ οἴνου, for ׳שׂ׳ל.

List of Word Forms

וְלֵ֥תֶךְ ולתך veLetech wə·lê·ṯeḵ wəlêṯeḵ