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Lexicon :: Strong's H3923 - lāḵîš

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לָכִישׁ
Transliteration
lāḵîš
Pronunciation
law-keesh'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root of uncertain meaning
Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: לכיש.

Strong’s Definitions

לָכִישׁ Lâkîysh, law-keesh'; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Lakish, a place in Palestine:—Lachish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H3923 in the following manner: Lachish (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H3923 in the following manner: Lachish (24x).

  1. Lachish = "invincible"

    1. a city lying south of Jerusalem on the borders of Simeon and which belonged to the Amorites until conquered by Joshua and allotted to Judah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָכִישׁ Lâkîysh, law-keesh'; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Lakish, a place in Palestine:—Lachish.
STRONGS H3923: Abbreviations
† לָכִישׁ proper name, of a location — so Joshua 10:3 +; with ה locative לֶכִ֫ישָׁה Joshua 10:31 + 5 times; — Canaanitish (Amorite) city, with king, Joshua 10:3, 5, 23 (all J E), Joshua 10:31; Joshua 12:11 (both D); (= Tel el-Amarna Lakiša, Lakisi WklTA Tablets, Nos. 217, 218, 180, 181); captured by Joshua 10:32, 33, 34, 35 (all D); reckoned to Judah Micah 1:13; Jeremiah 34:7; Joshua 15:39 (P), compare 2 Kings 14:19 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 25:27 (twice in verse), 2 Chronicles 11:9; Nehemiah 11:30; base of Assyrian operations 2 Kings 18:14, compare 2 Chronicles 32:9, also 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 19:8 = Isaiah 36:2; Isaiah 37:8 (= Assyrian Lakisi SchrCOT 2 Kings 18:13); probably = modern Tell el-Hesy, approximately 33 miles southwest from Jerusalem FJBMound of Many Cities, 1893 BuhlGeogr. § 103 GASmGeogr. 234; > Umm el-Lâkis vd VeldeMem. 320 GuérinJudeé; ii. 299 ff.; Um Lâkis opposed to by RobBR ii. 47. — Greek Version of the LXX Λαχεις.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

10:3; 10:3; 10:5; 10:23; 10:31; 10:31; 10:32; 10:33; 10:34; 10:35; 12:11; 15:39

2 Kings

14:19; 18:13; 18:14; 18:17; 19:8

2 Chronicles

11:9; 25:27; 32:9

Nehemiah

11:30

Isaiah

36:2; 37:8

Jeremiah

34:7

Micah

1:13

H3923

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3923 matches the Hebrew לָכִישׁ (lāḵîš),
which occurs 24 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:3 - So Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem sent to Elam king of Hebron, and to Phidon king of Jerimuth, and to Jephtha king of Lachis, and to Dabin king of Odollam, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - And the five kings of the Jebusites went up, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam, they and all their people; and encamped around Gabaon, and besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - And they brought out the five kings out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:31 - And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lebna to Lachis, and he encamped about it, and besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:32 - And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and [fn]they took it on the second day, and they put the inhabitants to death with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it, as they had done to Lebna.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:33 - Then Elam the king of Gazer went up to help Lachis; and Joshua smote him and his people with the edge of the sword, until there was not left to him one that was preserved and escaped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:34 - And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lachis to Odollam, and he besieged it and [fn]took it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:35 - And the Lord delivered it into the hand of Israel; and he took it on that day, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and slew every thing breathing in it, as they did to Lachis.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:11 - the king of Jerimuth, the king of Lachis;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:39 - and Basedoth, and Ideadalea;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:19 - And they [fn]formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachis: and they sent after him to Lachis, and slew him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14 - And Ezekias king of Juda sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians to Lachis, saying, I have offended; depart from me: whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me, I will bear. And the king of Assyria laid upon Ezekias king of Juda a tribute of three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan and Raphis and Rapsakes from Lachis to king Ezekias with a [fn]strong force against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is by the way of the fuller's field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8 - So Rapsakes returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Lobna: for he heard that he had departed from Lachis.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:9 - and Adorai, and Lachis, and Azeca,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:27 - And at the time when Amasias departed from the Lord, then they formed a conspiracy against him; and he fled from Jerusalem to Lachis: and they sent after him to Lachis, and slew him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9 - And afterward Sennacherim king of the Assyrians sent his servants to Jerusalem; and he went himself against Lachis, and all his army with him, and sent to Ezekias king of Juda, and to all Juda that was in Jerusalem, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - And their villages were Lachis and her hands: and they pitched their tents in Bersabee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces out of Laches to Jerusalem to king Ezekias with a large force: and he stood by the [fn]conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller's field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:8 - So Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachis.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - (LXX 41:7) And the host of the king of Babylon warred against Jerusalem, and against the cities of Juda, and against Lachis, and against Azeca: for these strong cities were left among the cities of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13 - even a sound of chariots and horsemen: the inhabitants of Lachis, she is the leader of sin to the daughter of Sion: for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.
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