Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H3923
לָכִישׁ
Lakishlaw-keesh'
Lachish
24 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Lâkîysh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3923is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3923
Lakish, a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Lachish.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Lakish is rendered "Lachish". It stands 24 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 10:3Therefore 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,
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
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,
Joshua 10:3לָכִ֛ישׁ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Lachish13
- Lachish towards6
- from Lachish4
- to Lachish1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לָכִ֖ישׁ3
- לָכִ֑ישָׁה3
- לָכִ֜ישׁ2
- לָכִ֑ישׁ2
- לָכִישׁ֙2
- לָכִ֔ישָׁה2
- מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃2
- לָכִ֛ישׁ1
- לָכִ֣ישׁ1
- לָכִ֥ישׁ1
- לָכִ֔ישׁ1
- לָכִ֨ישָׁה׀1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)13HNpl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)6HNpl/Sd
- preposition + proper noun (a name)5HR/Npl
Joshua
ten uses
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,
- לָכִ֛ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
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.
- לָכִ֣ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
- לָכִ֖ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
- לָכִ֑ישָׁהlakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Lachish towards
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.
- לָכִ֜ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.
- לָכִ֑ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
- מִלָּכִ֖ישׁmilakhishpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Lachish
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.
- לְלָכִֽישׁ׃ פlelakhishpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Lachish
the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
- לָכִ֖ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
- לָכִ֥ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
2 Kings
five uses
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.
- לָכִ֑ישָׁהlakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Lachish towards
- לָכִ֔ישָׁהlakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Lachish towards
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.
- לָכִ֨ישָׁה׀lakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Lachish towards
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.
- לָכִ֜ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
- מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃milakhishpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Lachish
2 Chronicles
four uses
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
- לָכִ֖ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
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.
- לָכִ֑ישָׁהlakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Lachish towards
- לָכִ֔ישָׁהlakhishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Lachish towards
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:
- לָכִ֔ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
Nehemiah
one use
Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.
- לָכִישׁ֙lakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
Isaiah
two uses
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.
- מִלָּכִ֧ישׁmilakhishpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Lachish
When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
- מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃milakhishpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Lachish
Jeremiah
one use
as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
- לָכִישׁ֙lakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
Micah
one use
Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
- לָכִ֑ישׁlakhishproper noun (a name)tagged: Lachish
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.