Azeqah עֲזֵקָה
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| עֲזֵקָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | azeqah |
| Strong's number | H5825 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Azekah |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Joshua (3) |
Azeqah (Hebrew עֲזֵקָה, Strong's H5825) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Azekah”. It occurs 7 times.
Definition
§ Azekah = "dug over"
a town in the lowlands of Judah
a town in the lowlands of Judah
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | azekah (7) |
|---|---|
| BSB | azekah (6), far as azekah (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Azeqah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joshua
- 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.And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and 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.As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
- Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
1 Samuel
- 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.Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 11:9And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Nehemiah
- 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.Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.
Jeremiah
- 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.as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).