H5825 - עֲזֵקָה (ʻĂzêqâh)

H5825 עֲזֵקָה (ʻĂzêqâh) az-ay-kaw'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Azekah

Biblical Persons & Places

Azekah Azekah

A location first mentioned at Jos.10.10; only referred to as Azekah (עֲזֵקָה).

Strong's Definition

Azekah, a place in Palestine

Derivation: from H5823 (עָזַק); tilled;

KJV Usage: Azekah.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Azekah = "dug over"

1) a town in the lowlands of Judah

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Azekah = "dug over" a town in the lowlands of Judah

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֲזֵקָה ‛ăzêqâh BDB Definition: Azekah = dug over 1) a town in the lowlands of Judah Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5823 Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

10:10 10:11 15:35

17:1

11:9

11:30

34:7

Joshua 10:10

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 10:11

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 15:35

Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

1 Samuel 17:1

Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war... at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh... and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

2 Chronicles 11:9

Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

Nehemiah 11:30

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 34:7

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.