Strong’s H3872 · Hebrew

לוּחִית
Lûwchîyth
loo-kheeth'

Definition

Luchith, a place East of the Jordan

Etymology

or לֻחוֹת; (Jeremiah 48:5), from the same as H3871 (לוּחַ); floored;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Luhith

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