Chekh חֵךְ

Chekh (Hebrew חֵךְ, Strong's H2441) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “palate”. It occurs 18 times in 18 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Chekh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job

• Job 6:30
  Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
• Job 12:11
  Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
• Job 20:13
  Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
• Job 29:10
  The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
• Job 31:30
  Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
• Job 33:2
  Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
• Job 34:3
  For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.

Psalms

• Psalm 119:103
  How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
• Psalm 137:6
  If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Proverbs

• Proverbs 5:3
  For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
• Proverbs 8:7
  For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
• Proverbs 24:13
  My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 2:3
  As 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, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
• Song of Solomon 5:16
  His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
• Song of Solomon 7:9
  And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 4:4
  The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 3:26
  And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.

Hosea

• Hosea 8:1
  Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).