Words the Bible translates as jaws
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- leḥiלְחִיthe jaw or cheek: the side of the face at the jaw, whether the bone itself, the flesh over it, or the whole hinge of an animal's mouth
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- Lehi: a place in Judah whose name is the ordinary word for a jawbone
- malqo'aḥמַלְקוֹחַthe jaws: the inside of the mouth, named as the part that takes food in
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- captured living plunder: the people and animals a victor takes alive and keeps
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