- Original: ירך - Transliteration: Yarek - Phonetic: yaw-rake' - Definition: 1. thigh, side, loin, base a. thigh 1. outside of thigh (where sword was worn) 2. loins (as the seat of procreative power) b. side (flank) (of object) c. base - Origin: from an unused root meaning to be soft - TWOT entry: 916a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemism the generative parts; figuratively a shank flank side: - X body loins shaft side thigh. Total KJV Occurrences: 34 • body, 1 Judges 8:30 • loins, 2 Genesis 46:26; Exodus 1:5 • shaft, 3 Exodus 25:31; Exodus 37:17; Numbers 8:4 • side, 7 Exodus 32:27; Exodus 40:22; Exodus 40:24; Leviticus 1:11; Numbers 3:29; Numbers 3:35; 2 Kings 16:14 • thigh, 19 Genesis 24:2; Genesis 24:9; Genesis 32:25(2); Genesis 32:31; Genesis 32:32(2); Genesis 47:29; Numbers 5:21; Numbers 5:22; Numbers 5:27; Judges 3:16; Judges 3:21; Judges 15:8; Psalm 45:3; Song of Songs 3:8; Jeremiah 31:19; Ezekiel 21:12; Ezekiel 24:4 • thighs, 2 Exodus 28:42; Song of Songs 7:1