יָרֵךְ yârêk

Meaning

the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side

In the King James Version: [idiom] body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be soft;

Where it is used

• Genesis 24:2 So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
• Genesis 24:9 So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
• Genesis 32:25 When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
• Genesis 32:31 The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
• Genesis 32:32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
• Genesis 46:26 All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
• Genesis 47:29 When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
• Exodus 1:5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
• Exodus 25:31 Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
• Exodus 28:42 Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.
• Exodus 32:27 He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
• Exodus 37:17 Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
• Exodus 40:22 Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
• Exodus 40:24 He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
• Leviticus 1:11 He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to splatter its blood against the altar on all sides.
• Numbers 3:29 The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,
• Numbers 3:35 The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
• Numbers 5:21 and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.
• Numbers 5:22 May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
• Numbers 5:27 When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.
• Numbers 8:4 This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
• Judges 3:16 Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
• Judges 3:21 And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
• Judges 8:30 Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
• Judges 15:8 And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
• 2 Kings 16:14 He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.
• Psalms 45:3 Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
• Song of Solomon 3:8 All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.
• Song of Solomon 7:1 How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
• Jeremiah 31:19 After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
• Ezekiel 21:12 Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.
• Ezekiel 24:4 Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.