Strong H6860צִקְלַג

Ziklag

Transliteration: tsiqlag tsîyqelag
Pronunciation: {tsik-lag'} tsee-kel-ag'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Of uncertain derivation;
Tsiklag or {Tsikelag} a place in Palestine: - Ziklag.

Meaning of the name

Ziklag = "winding"

Detailed definition

Ziklag was a city allotted to Judah and Simeon that was later given to David by the Philistine king Achish (Jos.15:31; 19:5; 1Sa.27:6).

In the biblical story

Ziklag

A city given to David; originally Judah's, then Simeon's

Ziklag was a city allotted to Judah and Simeon that was later given to David by the Philistine king Achish (Jos.15:31; 19:5; 1Sa.27:6).

In the Bible

Strong H6860 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

ziklag12
wherefore1

First verses

Joshua 15:31
And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
Joshua 19:5
And Ziklag, and Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susah,
1 Samuel 27:6
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
1 Samuel 30:1
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
1 Samuel 30:14
We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
1 Samuel 30:26
And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord;
2 Samuel 1:1
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
2 Samuel 4:10
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
1 Chronicles 4:30
And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
1 Chronicles 12:1
Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
1 Chronicles 12:20
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
Nehemiah 11:28
And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,

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