Lehi
In Bible versions:
Lehi: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
jawbone
a town of Judah near Philistia, exact position unknown (OS)
NET Glossary: Array
a town of Judah near Philistia, exact position unknown (OS)
NET Glossary: Array
Hebrew
Strongs #03896: yxl Lechiy
Lehi = "jaw"1) a place in Judah which must have been in the Shephelah, near the
border of the hill-country of Judah; site uncertain
1a) place is noted for being the location of Samson's killing of
1000 men with the jawbone of an ass
3896 Lechiy lekh'-ee
a form of 3895; Lechi, a place in Palestine: KJV -- Lehi. Compare also 7437.see HEBREW for 03895
see HEBREW for 07437
Lehi [nave]
LEHI, a district of Judah, where Samson killed a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an donkey, Judg. 15:9-19.Lehi [ebd]
a jawbone, a place in the tribe of Judah where Samson achieved a victory over the Philistines (Judg. 15:9, 14, 16), slaying a thousand of them with the jawbone of an ass. The words in 15:19, "a hollow place that was in the jaw" (A.V.), should be, as in Revised Version, "the hollow place that is in Lehi."
LEHI [smith]
(jaw bone), a place in Judah, probably on the confines of the Philistines? country, between it and the cliff Etam; the scene of Samson?s well-known exploit with the jaw bone. (Judges 15:9,14,19) It may perhaps be identified with Beit-Likiyeh , a village about two miles below the upper Beth-horon.
