Word Study · Strong's H7755 · Hebrew
שׂוֹכֹה
Sokoh
so-ko'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Sôwkôh
“Sokoh or Soko, the name of two places in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Sokoh or Soko, the name of two places in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Shocho, Shochoh, Sochoh, Soco, Socoh.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- שֹׂכֹ֖ה2
- וְשׂוֹכֹֽה׃1
- שׂוֹכֹ֖ה1
- שׂוֹכֹ֥ה1
- שׂוֹכ֔וֹ1
- שׂוֹכ֖וֹ1
- שׂוֹכ֤וֹ1
How it is rendered · 2
- Socoh7
- and Socoh1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)7
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 7
- HC/Npl · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua2 of 8 · 25%
- 1 Samuel2 of 8 · 25%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 8 · 25%
- 1 Kings1 of 8 · 13%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 8 · 13%
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Joshua2 occurrences
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 17:1שֹׂכֹ֖הsokhohproper noun (a name)Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.here: Socoh
- 1 Samuel 17:1שׂוֹכֹ֥הsokhohproper noun (a name)Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.here: Socoh
1 Kings1 occurrence
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 11:7שׂוֹכ֖וֹsokhoproper noun (a name)Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,here: Socoh
- 2 Chronicles 28:18שׂוֹכ֤וֹsokhoproper noun (a name)The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.here: Socoh