Strong H5825עֲזֵקָה
Azekah
- Transliteration
- ‛ăzêqâh
- Pronunciation
- az-ay-kaw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
From H5823; tilled;
{Azekah} a place in Palestine: - Azekah.
{Azekah} a place in Palestine: - Azekah.
Meaning of the name
Azekah = "dug over"
Detailed definition
Azekah, a Judean town, was the site of several battles and sieges. (Joshua 10:10-11, 15:35; 1 Samuel 17:1; 2 Chronicles 11:9; Nehemiah 11:30; Jeremiah 34:7)
In the biblical story
Azekah
Judean town, site of battles and sieges.
Azekah, a Judean town, was the site of several battles and sieges. (Joshua 10:10-11, 15:35; 1 Samuel 17:1; 2 Chronicles 11:9; Nehemiah 11:30; Jeremiah 34:7)
In the Bible
Strong H5825 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- azekah6
- thereof1
First verses
- Joshua 10:10And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth–horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth–horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
- Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
- 1 Samuel 17:1Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes–dammim.
- 2 Chronicles 11:9And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
- Nehemiah 11:30Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer–sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
- Jeremiah 34:7When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.