Strong H2444חֲכִילָה
Hachilah
- Transliteration
- chăkîylâh
- Pronunciation
- khak-ee-law'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
From the same as H2447; dark;
{Chakilah} a hill in Palestine: - Hachilah.
{Chakilah} a hill in Palestine: - Hachilah.
Meaning of the name
Hachilah = "dark"
Detailed definition
Hachilah was a hill in the Wilderness of Ziph, where David hid from Saul and where the Ziphites revealed David's location to Saul (1 Samuel 23:19; 26:1, 3).
In the biblical story
Hachilah
A hill in the Wilderness of Ziph, near David's hideout.
Hachilah was a hill in the Wilderness of Ziph, where David hid from Saul and where the Ziphites revealed David's location to Saul (1 Samuel 23:19; 26:1, 3).
In the Bible
Strong H2444 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hachilah3
First verses
- 1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
- 1 Samuel 26:1And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
- 1 Samuel 26:3And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.