Strong's Hebrew · H5825
עֲזֵקָה
ʻĂzêqâh · az-ay-kaw'
DefinitionAzekah, a place in Palestine
Derivationfrom H5823 (עָזַק); tilled;
KJV usageAzekah.
Occurrences7 in the KJV · 7 verses
עֲזֵקָה in Scripture
Joshua 10:10
And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth -horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
Joshua 10:11
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth -horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
Joshua 15:35
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
1 Samuel 17:1
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes -dammim.
2 Chronicles 11:9
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Nehemiah 11:30
Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer -sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
Jeremiah 34:7
When the king of Babylon' s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defensed cities remained of the cities of Judah.