Strong H9662 sensesבֶּ֫זֶק

Bezek

Transliteration
bezeq
Pronunciation
beh'-zek

Meaning of the name

Bezek = "lightning"

The 2 senses of Strong H966

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H966 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. City where Judah defeated CanaanitesH966G2 verses · Judges
  2. Assembly point for Saul's armyH966H1 verse · 1 Samuel

General definition

From H965; lightning;
{Bezek} a place in Palestine: - Bezek.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • bezek3

First verses

  1. Judges 1:4
    And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
  2. Judges 1:5
    And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
  3. 1 Samuel 11:8
    And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.