Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H7084
קְעִילָה
Qeilahkeh-ee-law'
Keilah
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Qᵉʻîylâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7084is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7084
Keilah, a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Keilah.
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
Qeilah is rendered "Keilah". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 15:44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
Joshua 15:44וּקְעִילָ֥ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fourteen of the word's eighteen uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Keilah14
- from Keilah2
- against Keilah1
- and Keilah1
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 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 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
- קְעִילָ֑ה3
- קְעִילָ֔ה2
- קְעִילָ֖ה2
- קְעִילָֽה׃ ס2
- בִּקְעִילָ֔ה1
- וּקְעִילָ֥ה1
- מִקְּעִילָ֔ה1
- מִקְּעִלָ֔ה1
- קְעִילָ֜ה1
- קְעִילָ֨ה1
- קְעִילָ֛ה1
- קְעִילָֽה׃1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)14HNpl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3HR/Npl
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
Joshua
one use
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
- וּקְעִילָ֥הukeilahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Keilah
1 Samuel
fourteen uses
Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
- בִּקְעִילָ֔הbikilahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: against Keilah
So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
- קְעִילָֽה׃keilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
- קְעִלָ֔הkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
- קְעִילָ֔הkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
- קְעִילָ֜הkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
- קְעִילָֽה׃ סkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)
- קְעִילָ֑הkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
- קְעִילָ֑הkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
Then Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.
- קְעִילָ֔הkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
- קְעִילָ֑הkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
- קְעִילָ֨הkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
- קְעִילָ֛הkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.
- מִקְּעִלָ֔הmikeilahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Keilah
- מִקְּעִילָ֔הmikeilahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Keilah
1 Chronicles
one use
The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
- קְעִילָ֖הkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
Nehemiah
two uses
Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
- קְעִילָ֖הkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
Next to him, their countrymen made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of the other half-district of Keilah.
- קְעִילָֽה׃ סkeilahproper noun (a name)tagged: Keilah
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.