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Lexicon :: Strong's H3923 - lāḵîš

Strong's

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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 Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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 Wkl^{TA 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 Schr^COT 2 Kings 18:13); probably = modern Tell el-Hesy, approximately 33 miles southwest from Jerusalem FJB^{Mound of Many Cities, 1893} Buhl^{Geogr. § 103} GASm^{Geogr. 234}; > Umm el-Lâkis vd Velde^{Mem. 320} Guérin^{Judeé; ii. 299 ff.}; Um Lâkis opposed to by Rob^{BR 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

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Micah

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Strong's Number H3923 matches the Hebrew לָכִישׁ (lāḵîš),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Jos 10:3 - Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish^H3923, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,

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Jos 10:5 - So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish^H3923, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and camped by Gibeon and fought against it.

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Jos 10:23 - They did so, and brought these five kings out to him from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish^H3923, and the king of Eglon.

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Jos 10:31 -

And Joshua^H3091 and all^H3605 Israel^H3478 with him passed^H5674 on^H5674 from Libnah^H3841 to Lachish^H3923, and they camped^H2583 by it and fought^H3898 against it.

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Jos 10:32 - And the LORD handed Lachish^H3923 over to Israel; and he captured it on the second day, and struck it and every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

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Jos 10:33 -

Then^H227 Horam^H2036 king^H4428 of Gezer^H1507 came^H5927 up^H5927 to help^H5826 Lachish^H3923, and Joshua^H3091 [fn]defeated^H5221 him and his people^H5971 until^H5704 he had left^H7604 him no^H1115 survivor^H8300.

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Jos 10:34 -

And Joshua^H3091 and all^H3605 Israel^H3478 with him passed^H5674 on^H5674 from Lachish^H3923 to Eglon^H5700, and they camped^H2583 by it and fought^H3898 against^H5921 it.

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Jos 10:35 - They captured it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; and he [fn]utterly destroyed on that day every person who was in it, according to all that he had done to Lachish^H3923.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:11

Jos 12:11 - the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish^H3923, one;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:39

Jos 15:39 - Lachish^H3923, Bozkath, and Eglon,

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