חֵךְchêk/khake/
HebrewH244118 occurrences (KJV)
properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
KJV renders it: (roof of the) mouth, taste.
Where it appears
- Job 6:30Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
- Job 12:11Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
- Job 20:13though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
- Job 29:10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
- Job 31:30(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
- Job 33:2See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
- Job 34:3For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
- Ps 119:103How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
- Ps 137:6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you; if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Prov 5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
- Prov 8:7For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- Prov 24:13My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
- Song 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, his fruit was sweet to my taste.
- Song 5:16His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
- Song 7:9Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
- Lam 4:4The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.
- Ezek 3:26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you will be mute, and will not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.
- Hos 8:1“Put the trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over Yahweh’s house, because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.