Word Study · Strong's H4023 · Hebrew
מְגִדּוֹן
Megiddon
meg-id-done'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mᵉgiddôwn
“Megiddon or Megiddo, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Megiddon or Megiddo, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Megiddo, Megiddon.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- מְגִדּ֖וֹ5
- בִּמְגִדּ֔וֹ1
- וּמְגִדּ֑וֹ1
- מְגִדּ֑וֹ1
- מְגִדּ֥וֹ1
- מְגִדּֽוֹ׃1
- מְגִדּֽוֹן׃1
- מִמְּגִדּ֔וֹ1
How it is rendered · 4
- Megiddo9
- and Megiddo1
- at Megiddo1
- from Megiddo1
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)9
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 9
- HR/Npl · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Kings3 of 12 · 25%
- Joshua2 of 12 · 17%
- Judges2 of 12 · 17%
- 1 Kings2 of 12 · 17%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 12 · 8%
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Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 12:21מְגִדּ֖וֹmegidoproper noun (a name)the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;here: Megiddo
- Joshua 17:11מְגִדּ֖וֹmegidoproper noun (a name)Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.here: Megiddo
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 1:27מְגִדּ֖וֹmegidoproper noun (a name)At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.here: Megiddo
- Judges 5:19מְגִדּ֑וֹmegidoproper noun (a name)Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.here: Megiddo
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 4:12וּמְגִדּ֑וֹumegidoconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;here: and Megiddo
- 1 Kings 9:15מְגִדּ֖וֹmegidoproper noun (a name)This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.here: Megiddo
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 9:27מְגִדּ֖וֹmegidoproper noun (a name)When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.here: Megiddo
- 2 Kings 23:29בִּמְגִדּ֔וֹbimgidopreposition + proper noun (a name)At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.here: at Megiddo
- 2 Kings 23:30מִמְּגִדּ֔וֹmimegidopreposition + proper noun (a name)From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.here: from Megiddo