tsiklag · Ziklag

What it means

tsiklag (צִקְלַג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ziklag”.

A town of the Negev; later it belonged to David (1 Samuel 27:6).

How to say it

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.

Where it appears

• Joshua×2
• 1 Samuel×7
• 2 Samuel×2
• 1 Chronicles×3
• Nehemiah×1

• Joshua 15:31

  Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,

• Joshua 19:5

  Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,

• 1 Samuel 27:6

  Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

• 1 Samuel 30:1

  When David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had raided against the Negev and against Ziklag, and they had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire.

• 1 Samuel 30:14

  We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, and against what belongs to Judah, and against the Negev of Caleb; and Ziklag we burned with fire.”

• 1 Samuel 30:26

  David came to Ziklag, and he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his companions, saying, “Here is for you a blessing from the spoil of the enemies of YHWH”:

• 2 Samuel 1:1

  And it happened after the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking Amalek, that David stayed in Ziklag two days.

• 2 Samuel 4:10

  when the one who reported to me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and he was in his own eyes like one bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, that was how I gave him a reward for his news.

• 1 Chronicles 4:30

  in Bethuel, in Hormah, in Ziklag,

• 1 Chronicles 12:1

  Now these are those who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still restrained because of Saul son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, helpers in the war.

• 1 Chronicles 12:20

  As he went to Ziklag, there went over to him from Manasseh: Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, heads of the thousands that belonged to Manasseh.

• Nehemiah 11:28

  in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its settlements,

And 3 more times.