Strong H7755H7755Gשׂוֹכֹה, שֹׂכֹה
Socoh
One of the 3 senses of Strong H7755
- Transliteration
- ώôkôh ώôkôh ώôkô
- Pronunciation
- {so-ko'} {so-ko'} so-ko'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Socoh was a town in the Shephelah region of Judah (Josh. 15:35), known for being near the site of David's battle with Goliath (1 Sam. 17:1) and later fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:7).
Meaning of the name
Shocho or Shochoh or Sochoh or Shoco or Socoh = "bushy"
General definition
From H7753; Sokoh or {Soko} the name of two places in Palestine: - {Shocho} {Shochoh} {Sochoh} {Soco} Socoh.
In the biblical story
Socoh
Town in Judah; site of David's battle with Goliath
Socoh was a town in the Shephelah region of Judah (Josh. 15:35), known for being near the site of David's battle with Goliath (1 Sam. 17:1) and later fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:7).
In the Bible
Strong H7755G appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shochoh1
- sochoh1
- socoh1
First verses
- 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.
- 1 Kings 4:10The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: