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(usually and properly ìְçַé , lechi', rendered also “jaw-bone;”' once
îִìְ÷åֹçַéí , mcikochin', “jaws,” Psa_22:15, elsewhere “prey;” also îְúִìְּòåֹú , methalleoth',” “jaws,”' Job_29:17 : “jaw teeth,” Pro_30:14; “cheek teeth,” Joe_1:6). The denuded jaw-bone of an ass afforded Samson (q.v.) a not unsuitable weapon (see Seifferheld, De maxilla asini, Tübing. 1716) for the great carnage which he once effected (Jdg_15:15). SEE LEHI.