Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H3871

Strong's H3871 · Hebrew

לוּחַ

lûwach · /loo'-akh/

Number
H3871
Language
Hebrew
Original word
לוּחַ
Transliteration
lûwach
Pronunciation
loo'-akh
KJV occurrences
33 verses

Definition

probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal

KJV: board, plate, table.

Root / derivation: or לֻחַ; from a primitive root;

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered לוּחַ across 33 verses.

tables34×
boards4×
table4×
plates1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

33 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Exodus11 verses
Exodus 24:12

And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Exodus 27:8

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. it was: Heb. he shewed

Exodus 31:18

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

Exodus 32:15

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

Exodus 32:16

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Exodus 32:19

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Exodus 34:1

And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

Exodus 34:4

And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

Exodus 34:28

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. commandments: Heb. words

Exodus 34:29

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

Exodus 38:7

And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

Deuteronomy12 verses
Deuteronomy 4:13

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

Deuteronomy 5:22

These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

Deuteronomy 9:9

When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

Deuteronomy 9:10

And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

Deuteronomy 9:11

And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

Deuteronomy 9:15

So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

Deuteronomy 9:17

And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

Deuteronomy 10:1

At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.

Deuteronomy 10:2

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

Deuteronomy 10:3

And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.

Deuteronomy 10:4

And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. commandments: Heb. words

Deuteronomy 10:5

And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.

1 Kings2 verses
2 Chronicles1 verse
Proverbs2 verses
Song of Solomon1 verse
Isaiah1 verse
Jeremiah1 verse
Ezekiel1 verse
Habakkuk1 verse

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H3871 (lûwach) mean?

probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal

How many times does H3871 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H3871 (לוּחַ) appears in 33 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “tables.”

How is lûwach translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H3871 is rendered as “tables” (34×), “boards” (4×), “table” (4×), “plates” (1×).

Where does the Hebrew word לוּחַ come from?

or לֻחַ; from a primitive root;