יָרֵךְ (ya.rekh) means “thigh” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yaw-rake' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יָרֵךְ · ya.rekh · thigh
1) thigh, side, loin, base 1a) thigh 1a1) outside of thigh (where sword was worn) 1a2) loins (as the seat of procreative power) 1b) side (flank) (of object) 1c) base
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from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
KJV glosses: [idiom] body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| side | 6 |
| thigh | 4 |
| its base | 3 |
| his side | 2 |
| my thigh | 2 |
| your thigh | 2 |
| and your thigh | 1 |
| her thigh | 1 |
| hip | 1 |
| his hip | 1 |
| in grief | 1 |
| of jacobs hip | 1 |
| of the hip | 1 |
| of your thighs | 1 |
| the thigh | 1 |
| your side | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| thigh | 9 |
| on the side | 3 |
| his shaft | 2 |
| under my thigh | 2 |
| upon his thigh | 2 |
| and her thigh | 1 |
| by his side | 1 |
| even unto the thighs | 1 |
| it on the side | 1 |
| of his body | 1 |
| of his loins | 1 |
| of the loins | 1 |
| of the thigh | 1 |
| of thy thighs | 1 |
| side | 1 |
| the hollow of his thigh | 1 |
| the thigh | 1 |
| thy thigh | 1 |
| under the thigh | 1 |
| unto the shaft | 1 |
| upon the side | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 32 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
Read word by wordSo the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
Read word by wordWhen the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.26
The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.32
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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.33
All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
Read word by wordWhen 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,
Read word by wordThe descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
Read word by wordThen you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
Read word by wordMake linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.
Read word by wordHe told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
Read word by wordThen he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
Read word by wordMoses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
Read word by wordHe also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
Read word by wordHe shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to splatter its blood against the altar on all sides.
Read word by wordThe clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,
Read word by wordThe leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
Read word by wordand the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.
Read word by wordMay this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
Read word by wordWhen he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.
Read word by wordThis is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
Read word by wordNow Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
Read word by wordAnd Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
Read word by wordGideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
Read word by wordAnd he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
Read word by wordHe also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.
Read word by wordStrap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 45.4
All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.
Read word by wordHow beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.2
After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
Read word by wordCry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.17
Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.
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