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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3923 - לָכִישׁ
Transliteration
Lâkîysh
Phonetics
law-keesh'
Origin
from an unused root of uncertain meaning
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Lachish = "invincible"
- 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
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (24)
Joshua
10
2 Kings
5
2 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
BSB (24)
Joshua
10
2 Kings
5
2 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
CSB (23)
Joshua
10
2 Kings
5
2 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
ESV (24)
Joshua
10
2 Kings
5
2 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
KJV (24)
Joshua
10
2 Kings
5
2 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
LEB (24)
Joshua
10
2 Kings
5
2 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
LSB (24)
Joshua
10
2 Kings
5
2 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
N95 (24)
Joshua
10
2 Kings
5
2 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
NAS (24)
Joshua
10
2 Kings
5
2 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (24)
Joshua
10
2 Kings
5
2 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
לָכִישׁ proper name, of a location — so Joshua 10:3 +; with ה locative לֶכִ֫ישָׁה Joshua 10:31 5t.; — 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 33miles 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. — ᵐ5 Λαχεις.
לָכֵן
seeכֵּן. לֻלָאוֺת see [ לוּלַי] below לולו.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
לָכִישׁ (i.q. لَكِسُ “obstinate,” i.e. hard to be captured), [Lachish], pr.n. of a fortified town (Isaiah 36:2; 2 Chronicles 11:9) in the plain country, of the tribe of Judah, which had formerly been a royal city of the Canaanites, Joshua 10:3, 12:11 15:39 Nehemiah 11:30; Jeremiah 34:7; Micah 1:13. [Derived in Thes. from the unused root. לָכַשׁ; and the meaning suggested, “smitten,” “taken,” “captured,” or else the one just mentioned.]
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List of Word Forms
לְלָכִֽישׁ׃ לָכִ֑ישָׁה לָכִ֑ישׁ לָכִ֔ישָׁה לָכִ֔ישׁ לָכִ֖ישׁ לָכִ֛ישׁ לָכִ֜ישׁ לָכִ֣ישׁ לָכִ֥ישׁ לָכִ֨ישָׁה ׀ לָכִישׁ֙ לכיש לכישה ללכיש׃ מִלָּכִ֖ישׁ מִלָּכִ֧ישׁ מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃ מלכיש מלכיש׃ lā·ḵî·šāh lā·ḵîš laChish laChishah lāḵîš lāḵîšāh lə·lā·ḵîš lelaChish ləlāḵîš mil·lā·ḵîš millaChish millāḵîš