Word Study · Strong's H3923 · Hebrew
לָכִישׁ
Lakish
law-keesh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Lâkîysh
“Lakish, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Lakish, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Lachish.
- 24occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 24 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- לָכִ֖ישׁ3
- לָכִ֑ישָׁה3
- לָכִ֜ישׁ2
- לָכִ֑ישׁ2
- לָכִישׁ֙2
- לָכִ֔ישָׁה2
- מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃2
- לָכִ֛ישׁ1
- לָכִ֣ישׁ1
- לָכִ֥ישׁ1
- לָכִ֔ישׁ1
- לָכִ֨ישָׁה׀1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 4
- Lachish13
- Lachish towards6
- from Lachish4
- to Lachish1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)13
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)6
- preposition + proper noun (a name)5
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 13
- HNpl/Sd · 6
- HR/Npl · 5
All 24, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua10 of 24 · 42%
- 2 Kings5 of 24 · 21%
- 2 Chronicles4 of 24 · 17%
- Isaiah2 of 24 · 8%
- Nehemiah1 of 24 · 4%
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Joshua10 occurrences
- Joshua 10:3לָכִ֛ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,here: Lachish
- Joshua 10:5לָכִ֣ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.here: Lachish
- Joshua 10:23לָכִ֖ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.here: Lachish
- Joshua 10:31לָכִ֑ישָׁהlakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.here: Lachish towards
- Joshua 10:32לָכִ֜ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.here: Lachish
- Joshua 10:33לָכִ֑ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.here: Lachish
- Joshua 10:34מִלָּכִ֖ישׁmilakhishpreposition + proper noun (a name)So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.here: from Lachish
- Joshua 10:35לְלָכִֽישׁ׃ פlelakhishpreposition + proper noun (a name)That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.here: to Lachish
- Joshua 12:11לָכִ֖ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;here: Lachish
- Joshua 15:39לָכִ֥ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,here: Lachish
2 Kings5 occurrences
- 2 Kings 14:19לָכִ֑ישָׁהlakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.here: Lachish towards
- 2 Kings 14:19לָכִ֔ישָׁהlakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.here: Lachish towards
- 2 Kings 18:14לָכִ֨ישָׁה׀lakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.here: Lachish towards
- 2 Kings 18:17לָכִ֜ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.here: Lachish
- 2 Kings 19:8מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃milakhishpreposition + proper noun (a name)When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.here: from Lachish
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 11:9לָכִ֖ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,here: Lachish
- 2 Chronicles 25:27לָכִ֑ישָׁהlakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.here: Lachish towards
- 2 Chronicles 25:27לָכִ֔ישָׁהlakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.here: Lachish towards
- 2 Chronicles 32:9לָכִ֔ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:here: Lachish
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 36:2מִלָּכִ֧ישׁmilakhishpreposition + proper noun (a name)And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.here: from Lachish
- Isaiah 37:8מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃milakhishpreposition + proper noun (a name)When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.here: from Lachish