עֲזֵקָה
azeka · Azekah
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5825 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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azeka (עֲזֵקָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Azekah”.
A city of the Shephelah. The name comes from "dug ground."
How to say it
a·ze·ka
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Joshua 10:10
And YHWH threw them into confusion before Israel, and he struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and pursued them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and as far as Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:11
And it came about, as they fled before Israel, while they were on the descent of Beth-horon, that YHWH threw down on them great stones from the heavens as far as Azekah, and they died. More were those who died by the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
- Joshua 15:35
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- 1 Samuel 17:1
The Philistines gathered their camps for war; they gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
- 2 Chronicles 11:9
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
- Nehemiah 11:30
Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its settlements. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.
- Jeremiah 34:7
while the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these were left among the cities of Judah as fortified cities.