Numbers 22:4
And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
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Lick
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Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
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לָחַךְ
lâchak · law-khak'
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to lick
Strong's KJV usage: lick (up).
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Strong's first: Psalms 72:9Strong's last: Micah 7:17
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lâqaq · law-kak'
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to lick or lap
Strong's KJV usage: lap, lick.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 21:19Strong's last: 1 Kings 21:19
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And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
H3952
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
H3897
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
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And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
H3897
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
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lick
LICK, verb transitive [Latin lingo; Gr. See Like and Sleek.]
1. To pass or draw the tongue over the surface; as, a dog licks a wound.
2. To lap; to take in by the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. 1 Kings 21:19.
To lick up, to devour; to consume entirely.
Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as an ox licketh up the grass of the field. Numbers 22:4.
To lick the dust, to be slain; to perish in battle.
His enemies shall lick the dust. Psalms 72:9.
LICK, noun In America, a place where beasts of the forest lick for salt, at salt springs.
LICK, noun
1. A blow; a stroke. [Not an elegant word.]
2. A wash; something rubbed on. [Not in use.]
LICK, verb transitive To strike repeatedly for punishment; to flog; to chastise with blows. [Not an elegant word; but probably flog, Latin fligo, is from the root of this word.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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