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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 - Therefore Adoni-zedek H139 king H4428 of Jerusalem H3389 sent H7971 word to Hoham H1944 king H4428 of Hebron H2275, to Piram H6502 king H4428 of Jarmuth H3412, to Japhia H3309 king H4428 of Lachish H3923, and to Debir H1688 king H4428 of Eglon H5700, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - So the five H2568 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567, the king H4428 of Jerusalem H3389, the king H4428 of Hebron H2275, the king H4428 of Jarmuth H3412, the king H4428 of Lachish H3923, and the king H4428 of Eglon H5700, gathered H622 together and went H5927 up H5927, they with all H3605 their armies H4264, and camped H2583 by Gibeon H1391 and fought H3898 against H5921 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - They did H6213 so H3651, and brought H3318 these H428 five H2568 kings H4428 out H3318 to him from the cave H4631: the king H4428 of Jerusalem H3389, the king H4428 of Hebron H2275, the king H4428 of Jarmuth H3412, the king H4428 of Lachish H3923, and the king H4428 of Eglon H5700.

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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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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:32 - And the LORD H3068 handed H5414 H3027 Lachish H3923 over H5414 to Israel H3478; and he captured H3920 it on the second H8145 day H3117, and struck H5221 it and every H3605 person H5315 who H834 was in it with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719, according to all H3605 that he had done H6213 to Libnah H3841.

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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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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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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:35 - They captured H3920 it on that day H3117 and struck H5221 it with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and he [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763 on that day H3117 every H3605 person H5315 who H834 was in it, according to all H3605 that he had done H6213 to Lachish H3923.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:11 - the king H4428 of Jarmuth H3412, one H259; the king H4428 of Lachish H3923, one H259;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:39 - Lachish H3923, Bozkath H1218, and Eglon H5700,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:19 - They formed H7194 a conspiracy H7195 against H5921 him in Jerusalem H3389, and he fled H5127 to Lachish H3923; but they sent H7971 men to Lachish H3923 after H310 him and they killed H4191 him there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14 - Then Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 sent H7971 messengers to the king H4428 of Assyria H804 at Lachish H3923, saying H559, “I have done H2398 wrong H2398. [fn]Withdraw H7725 from me; whatever H834 you impose H5414 on me I will endure H5375.” So the king H4428 of Assyria H804 imposed H7760 on Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 the payment of three H7969 hundred H3967 [fn]talents H3603 of silver H3701 and thirty H7970 talents H3603 of gold H2091.

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Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Tartan H8661, Rab-saris H7249, and Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a large H3515 army H2428 to Jerusalem H3389. So they went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389. And when they went H5927 up H5927, they came H935 and stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295, which H834 is on the road H4546 of the [fn]fuller’s H3526 field H7704.

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Then Rabshakeh H7262 returned H7725 and found H4672 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 fighting H3898 against H5921 Libnah H3841, for he had heard H8085 that the king had left H5265 Lachish H3923.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:9 - Adoraim H115, Lachish H3923, Azekah H5825,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:27 - From the time H6256 that Amaziah H558 turned H5493 away H5493 from following H310 the LORD H3068 they conspired H7194 against H5921 him in Jerusalem H3389, and he fled H5127 to Lachish H3923; but they sent H7971 men after H310 him to Lachish H3923, and they killed H4191 him there H8033.

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After H310 this H2088 Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 his servants H5650 to Jerusalem H3389 while he was [fn]besieging H5921 Lachish H3923 with all H3605 his forces H4475 with him, against H5921 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and against H5921 all H3605 of Judah H3063 who H834 were in Jerusalem H3389, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - Zanoah H2182, Adullam H5725, and their villages H2691, Lachish H3923 and its fields H7704, Azekah H5825 and its towns H1323. So they camped H2583 from Beersheba H884 as far H5704 as the Valley H1516 of Hinnom H2011.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to Jerusalem H3389 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a large H3515 army H2428. And he stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295 on the road H4546 to the [fn]fuller’s H3526 field H7704.

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Then Rabshakeh H7262 returned H7725 and found H4672 the king of Assyria H804 fighting H3898 against H5921 Libnah H3841, for he had heard H8085 that [fn]the king had left H5265 Lachish H3923.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - when the army H2428 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 was fighting H3898 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 and all H3605 the remaining H3498 cities H5892 of Judah H3063, that is, Lachish H3923 and Azekah H5825, for they alone remained H7604 as fortified H4013 cities H5892 among the cities H5892 of Judah H3063.

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Harness H7573 the chariot H4818 to the team H7409 of H7409 horses H7409,

You inhabitant H3427 of Lachish H3923—

She was the beginning H7225 of sin H2403

To the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726—

Because H3588 in you were found H4672

The rebellious H6588 acts H6588 of Israel H3478.

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