ek: how? Part of Speech: adverb interrogative; exclamation; adverb interrogative
Transliteration: ek
Phonetic Spelling: (ake)
Short Definition: how
Word Origin
from ay
Definition
how?
NASB Word Usage
how (60), what (1).
אֵיךְ59 (Aramaic אֵיךְ,  [pronounced âch]) adverb 1. interrogative How? Genesis 26:9; 2 Samuel 1:5,14; 1 Kings 12:6; Isaiah 20:6 and elsewhere; often with imperfect (especially in 1 person) in an expostulation Genesis 39:9; Genesis 44:8,34; Joshua 9:7; 2 Samuel 2:22; 2 Samuel 12:18; Psalm 137:4; Isaiah 48:11 for howshould it be profaned ? איך תאמר(וׅ how canst or dost thou (do you) say . . . ? Judges 16:15; Isaiah 19:11; Jeremiah 2:23 (compare Jeremiah 8:8 אֵיכָה) Jeremiah 48:14; Psalm 11:1; in an indirect sentence 2 Kings 17:28; Jeremiah 36:17; Ruth 3:18. 2. as an exclamation How! whether of lamentation 2 Samuel 1:19; Jeremiah 2:21; Jeremiah 9:18; Micah 2:4; or of satisfaction Isaiah 14:4,12; Jeremiah 48:39; Jeremiah 51:41; Obadiah 5 and elsewhere; with intensive force = how gladly! Jeremiah 3:19, how terribly! Jeremiah 9:6 (but others render here 'for how [else] should I do'? etc.) **Hos 11:8 according to Hi Ke We Marti and others. אֵיכָה (from אַי and כָּה = כֹּה; compare Assyrian ekiam) adverb 1. interrogative In what manner? τίνι τρόπῳ; (rather more definite than אֵיח = πῶς); Deuteronomy 1:12; Deuteronomy 7:17; Deuteronomy 12:30; Deuteronomy 18:21; Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 20:3 (indirect sentence) 2 Kings 6:15; Jeremiah 8:8; Psalm 73:11. 2 exclamation How! (slightly more emphatic than אֵיח) Isaiah 1:21; Jeremiah 48:17; Lamentations 1:1; Lamentations 2:1; Lamentations 4:1,2. 3 Where? (properly north-Israel; compare Aramaic אֵיכָא,  where ? compare DrIntr. 178, 421) only 2 Kings 6:13 Kt Songs 1:7 (twice in verse), — each time in an indirect sentence. אֵיכָ֫כָה (Canticles) ֵאיכָכָ֫ה (Esther) (from אַי & כָּ֫כָה thus) How? only Songs 5:3 (twice in verse); Esther 8:6 (twice in verse).
how, what Also eykah {ay-kaw'}; and teykakah {ay-kaw'-kah}; prolonged from 'ay; how? Or how!; also where -- how, what. see HEBREW 'ay
kə·’î·yō·wḇ — 1 Occ.
lə·’î·yō·wḇ — 2 Occ.
wə·’î·yō·wḇ — 4 Occ.
’î·zā·ḇel — 5 Occ.
’î·ze·ḇel — 14 Occ.
lə·’î·ze·ḇel — 2 Occ.
wə·’î·ze·ḇel — 1 Occ.
’êḵ — 43 Occ.
’ê·ḵā·ḵāh — 3 Occ.
’ê·ḵāh — 17 Occ.
wə·’ê·ḵā·ḵāh — 1 Occ.
ḵā·ḇō·wḏ — 1 Occ.
’î·ḵā·ḇō·wḏ — 1 Occ.
’ê·ḵōh — 1 Occ.
’a·yil — 22 Occ.
bā·’a·yil — 1 Occ.
bə·’êl — 2 Occ.
bə·’ê·lîm — 1 Occ.
ḵə·’ê·lîm — 2 Occ.
’êl — 9 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 349
82 Occurrences
’êḵ — 43 Occ.
’ê·ḵā·ḵāh — 3 Occ.
’ê·ḵāh — 17 Occ.
wə·’êḵ — 18 Occ.
wə·’ê·ḵā·ḵāh — 1 Occ.
Genesis 26:9
BIB: אִשְׁתְּךָ֙ הִ֔וא וְאֵ֥יךְ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אֲחֹ֣תִי
NAS: she is your wife! How then did you say,
INT: is your wife he How say otherGenesis 39:9
BIB: אַתְּ־ אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֨יךְ אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֜ה הָרָעָ֤ה
NAS: you are his wife. How then could I do
INT: thou are his wife How do wickedness Genesis 44:8
BIB: מֵאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְאֵ֗יךְ נִגְנֹב֙ מִבֵּ֣ית
NAS: of Canaan. How then could we steal
INT: the land of Canaan How steal house Genesis 44:34
BIB: כִּי־ אֵיךְ֙ אֶֽעֱלֶ֣ה אֶל־
NAS: For how shall I go up to my father
KJV: For how shall I go up to my father,
INT: For how go to Exodus 6:12
BIB: שָׁמְע֣וּ אֵלַ֔י וְאֵיךְ֙ יִשְׁמָעֵ֣נִי פַרְעֹ֔ה
NAS: have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh
INT: listened to me how listen will Pharaoh Exodus 6:30
BIB: עֲרַ֣ל שְׂפָתַ֔יִם וְאֵ֕יךְ יִשְׁמַ֥ע אֵלַ֖י
NAS: in speech; how then will Pharaoh
INT: unskilled speech how listen then Deuteronomy 1:12
BIB: אֵיכָ֥ה אֶשָּׂ֖א לְבַדִּ֑י
KJV: How can I myself alone bear
INT: How bear alone Deuteronomy 7:17
BIB: הָאֵ֖לֶּה מִמֶּ֑נִּי אֵיכָ֥ה אוּכַ֖ל לְהוֹרִישָֽׁם׃
KJV: [are] more than I; how can
INT: These than how can dispossess Deuteronomy 12:30
BIB: לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶ֜ם לֵאמֹ֨ר אֵיכָ֨ה יַעַבְד֜וּ הַגּוֹיִ֤ם
INT: their gods saying how serve nations Deuteronomy 18:21
BIB: תֹאמַ֖ר בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ אֵיכָה֙ נֵדַ֣ע אֶת־
INT: may say your heart will we know the word Deuteronomy 32:30
BIB: אֵיכָ֞ה יִרְדֹּ֤ף אֶחָד֙
INT: how chase one Joshua 9:7
BIB: אַתָּ֣ה יוֹשֵׁ֔ב וְאֵ֖יךְ [אֶכְרֹות־ כ]
NAS: within our land; how then shall we make
INT: you are living how make make Judges 16:15
BIB: וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו אֵ֚יךְ תֹּאמַ֣ר אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ
NAS: Then she said to him, How can you say,
KJV: And she said unto him, How canst thou say,
INT: said to him How say love Judges 20:3
BIB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל דַּבְּר֕וּ אֵיכָ֥ה נִהְיְתָ֖ה הָרָעָ֥ה
INT: of Israel Tell how take adversity Ruth 3:18
BIB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּֽדְעִ֔ין אֵ֖יךְ יִפֹּ֣ל דָּבָ֑ר
NAS: until you know how the matter turns
INT: you know how turns the matter 1 Samuel 16:2
BIB: וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֵ֣יךְ אֵלֵ֔ךְ וְשָׁמַ֥ע
NAS: said, How can I go?
INT: said Samuel How along hears 2 Samuel 1:5
BIB: הַמַּגִּ֣יד ל֑וֹ אֵ֣יךְ יָדַ֔עְתָּ כִּי־
NAS: who told him, How do you know
INT: the young told How know for 2 Samuel 1:14
BIB: אֵלָ֖יו דָּוִ֑ד אֵ֚יךְ לֹ֣א יָרֵ֔אתָ
NAS: said to him, How is it you were not afraid
INT: then David How were not afraid 2 Samuel 1:19
BIB: בָּמוֹתֶ֖יךָ חָלָ֑ל אֵ֖יךְ נָפְל֥וּ גִבּוֹרִֽים׃
NAS: on your high places! How have the mighty
INT: your high is slain How fallen have the mighty 2 Samuel 1:25
BIB: אֵ֚יךְ נָפְל֣וּ גִבֹּרִ֔ים
NAS: How have the mighty fallen
INT: How fallen have the mighty 2 Samuel 1:27
BIB: אֵ֚יךְ נָפְל֣וּ גִבּוֹרִ֔ים
NAS: How have the mighty fallen,
INT: How fallen have the mighty 2 Samuel 2:22
BIB: אַכֶּ֙כָּה֙ אַ֔רְצָה וְאֵיךְ֙ אֶשָּׂ֣א פָנַ֔י
NAS: you to the ground? How then could I lift
INT: strike common how lift my face 2 Samuel 6:9
BIB: הַה֑וּא וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֵ֛יךְ יָב֥וֹא אֵלַ֖י
NAS: and he said, How can the ark
INT: and he said How come can 2 Samuel 12:18
BIB: שָׁמַ֣ע בְּקוֹלֵ֔נוּ וְאֵ֨יךְ נֹאמַ֥ר אֵלָ֛יו
NAS: to our voice. How then can we tell
INT: listen to our voice How tell about 1 Kings 12:6
BIB: חַ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר אֵ֚יךְ אַתֶּ֣ם נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים
NAS: saying, How do you counsel
INT: alive saying How you counsel 82 Occurrences
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