Strong's Hebrew · H3409
H3409 yârêk
יָרֵךְ
yaw-rake'
thigh
Looking for Greek G3409 misthóō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3409. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
yârêk appears 34 times in Scripture, including Genesis 24:2 and Exodus 37:17. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
In the King James Version
× body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
Derivation
from an unused root meaning to be soft;
Appears 34 times in Scripture
“When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,”
“All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.”
“Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.”
“So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.”
“The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.”
“When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.”
“So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,”
“Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
