Strong's #3895: lchiy (pronounced lekh-ee')

from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone:--cheek (bone), jaw (bone).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

lechı̂y

1) jaw, cheek

1a) jaw, jawbone (of animal)

1b) cheek (of man)

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from an unused root meaning to be soft

Usage:

This word is used 21 times:

 

Deuteronomy 18:3: "or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw."
Judges 15:15: "And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew"
Judges 15:16: "And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass"
Judges 15:16: "With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand"
Judges 15:17: "when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that"
Judges 15:19: "a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water therefrom; and when he had drunk,"
1 Kings 22:24: "Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went"
2 Chronicles 18:23: "Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way"
Job 16:10: "upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against"
Job 41:2: "a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?"
Psalms 3:7: "all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly."
Song of Solomon 1:10: " Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains"
Song of Solomon 5:13: " His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping"
Isaiah 30:28: "of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err."
Isaiah 50:6: "I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face"
Lamentations 1:2: "She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers"
Lamentations 3:30: "He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach."
Ezekiel 29:4: "But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up"
Ezekiel 38:4: "And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army,"
Hosea 11:4: "to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto"
Micah 5:1: "of Israel with a rod upon the cheek."