Word Study · Strong's H2444 · Hebrew
חֲכִילָה
Chakilah
khak-ee-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Chăkîylâh
“Chakilah, a hill in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Chakilah, a hill in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Hachilah.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- הַֽחֲכִילָ֔ה1
- הַחֲכִילָ֔ה1
- הַחֲכִילָ֗ה1
How it is rendered · 1
- the Hakilah3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)3
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- HTd/Npl · 3
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The ledger of occurrences
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 23:19הַֽחֲכִילָ֔הhachakhilahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?here: the Hakilah
- 1 Samuel 26:1הַחֲכִילָ֔הhachakhilahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”here: the Hakilah
- 1 Samuel 26:3הַחֲכִילָ֗הhachakhilahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,here: the Hakilah