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Lexicon :: Strong's H4023 - mᵊḡidôn

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מְגִדּוֹן
Transliteration
mᵊḡidôn
Pronunciation
meg-id-done'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מְגִדּוֹן Mᵉgiddôwn, meg-id-done'; (Zechariah H12) or מְגִדּוֹ Mᵉgiddôw; from H1413; rendezvous; Megiddon or Megiddo, a place in Palestine:—Megiddo, Megiddon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H4023 in the following manner: Megiddo (11x), Megiddon (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H4023 in the following manner: Megiddo (11x), Megiddon (1x).

  1. Megiddo or Megiddon = "place of crowds"

    1. ancient city of Canaan assigned to Manasseh and located on the southern rim of the plain of Esdraelon 6 miles (10 km) from Mount Carmel and 11 miles (18 km) from Nazareth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְגִדּוֹן Mᵉgiddôwn, meg-id-done'; (Zechariah H12) or מְגִדּוֹ Mᵉgiddôw; from H1413; rendezvous; Megiddon or Megiddo, a place in Palestine:—Megiddo, Megiddon.
STRONGS H4023: Abbreviations
† מְגִדּוֺ and (Zechariah 12:11) מְגִדּוֺן proper name, of a location (connection with above √ not clear; Greek Version of the LXX Μαγεδδω, Μεκεδω, Μαγεδω, etc.; Vulgate Mageddo; Assyrian Magadû, Magidû COTGloss DlPa 287) old Canaanitish city, assigned to Manasseh 1 Kings 4:12; 1 Kings 9:15; 2 Kings 9:27; 2 Kings 23:29, 30; מֶלֶךְ מ׳ Joshua 12:21; ישְׁבֵי מ׳Joshua 17:11 = Judges 1:27; מֵי מ׳ Judges 5:19; בִּקְעַת מ׳ Zechariah 12:11; 2 Chronicles 35:22; — modern Lejjûn (=Legio) RobBR ii. 329 f. 364 BdPal 229.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

12:21; 17:11

Judges

1:27; 5:19

1 Kings

4:12; 9:15

2 Kings

9:27; 23:29; 23:30

2 Chronicles

35:22

Zechariah

12:11; 12:11

H4023

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4023 matches the Hebrew מְגִדּוֹן (mᵊḡidôn),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:21 -
the king of Taanachone
the king of Megiddoone

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:11 - Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan, Ibleam and the people of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth[fn]).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:27 - But Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - “Kings came, they fought, the kings of Canaan fought. At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo, they took no plunder of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:12 - Baana son of Ahilud—in Taanach and Megiddo, and in all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah across to Jokmeam;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:15 - Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s temple, his own palace, the terraces,[fn] the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan.[fn] Jehu chased him, shouting, “Kill him too!” They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he escaped to Megiddo and died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30 - Josiah’s servants brought his body in a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:29 - Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - Josiah, however, would not turn away from him, but disguised himself to engage him in battle. He would not listen to what Necho had said at God’s command but went to fight him on the plain of Megiddo.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:11 - On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
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