3923. Lachish
Strong's Lexicon
Lachish: Lachish

Original Word: לָכִישׁ
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Lachiysh
Pronunciation: lah-KEESH
Phonetic Spelling: (law-keesh')
Definition: Lachish
Meaning: Lakish

Word Origin: Derived from an uncertain root in Hebrew.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Lachish in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to Hebrew texts.

Usage: Lachish is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for its strategic military significance and its role in various biblical narratives. It is often associated with strength and fortification.

Cultural and Historical Background: Lachish was an ancient city located in the Shephelah region of Judah, southwest of Jerusalem. It was a significant Canaanite and later Israelite city, known for its strong fortifications. Archaeological excavations have revealed that Lachish was a major administrative center during the reign of the Judean kings. The city is notably mentioned in the context of the Assyrian invasion led by King Sennacherib in the late 8th century BCE, where it was besieged and captured. The famous Lachish Reliefs, discovered in Nineveh, depict this siege and highlight the city's importance.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a Canaanite city S.W. of Jer.
NASB Translation
Lachish (24).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
לָכִישׁ proper name, of a location — so Joshua 10:3 +; with ה locative לֶכִ֫ישָׁה Joshua 10:31 5t.; — Canaanitish (Amorite) city, with king, Joshua 10:3,5,23 (all J E), Joshua 10:31; Joshua 12:11 (both D); (= Tel el-Amarna Lakiša, Lakisi WklTA Tablets, Nos. 217, 218, 180, 181); captured by Joshua 10:32,33,34,35 (all D); reckoned to Judah Micah 1:13; Jeremiah 34:7; Joshua 15:39 (P), compare 2 Kings 14:19 (twice in verse) = 2Chronicles 25:27 (twice in verse), 2Chronicles 11:9; Nehemiah 11:30; base of Assyrian operations 2 Kings 18:14, compare 2Chronicles 32:9, also 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 19:8 = Isaiah 36:2; Isaiah 37:8 ( = Assyrian Lakisi SchrCOT 2 Kings 18:13); probably = modern Tell el-Hesy, approximately 33 miles southwest from Jerusalem FJBMound of Many Cities, 1893 BuhlGeogr. § 103 GASmGeogr. 234; > Umm el-Lâkis vd VeldeMem. 320 GuérinJudeé; ii. 299 ff.; Um Lâkis opposed to by RobBR ii. 47.ᵐ5 Λαχεις.

לָכֵן

see כֵּן. לֻלָאוֺת see [ לוּלַי] below לולו.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Lachish

From an unused root of uncertain meaning; Lakish, a place in Palestine -- Lachish.

Forms and Transliterations
לְלָכִֽישׁ׃ לָכִ֑ישָׁה לָכִ֑ישׁ לָכִ֔ישָׁה לָכִ֔ישׁ לָכִ֖ישׁ לָכִ֛ישׁ לָכִ֜ישׁ לָכִ֣ישׁ לָכִ֥ישׁ לָכִ֨ישָׁה ׀ לָכִישׁ֙ לכיש לכישה ללכיש׃ מִלָּכִ֖ישׁ מִלָּכִ֧ישׁ מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃ מלכיש מלכיש׃ lā·ḵî·šāh lā·ḵîš laChish laChishah lāḵîš lāḵîšāh lə·lā·ḵîš lelaChish ləlāḵîš mil·lā·ḵîš millaChish millāḵîš
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Englishman's Concordance
Joshua 10:3
HEB: יָפִ֧יעַ מֶֽלֶךְ־ לָכִ֛ישׁ וְאֶל־ דְּבִ֥יר
NAS: king of Lachish and to Debir
KJV: king of Lachish, and unto Debir
INT: Japhia king of Lachish and to Debir

Joshua 10:5
HEB: יַרְמוּת֙ מֶֽלֶךְ־ לָכִ֣ישׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־ עֶגְל֔וֹן
NAS: the king of Lachish, [and] the king
KJV: the king of Lachish, the king
INT: of Jarmuth the king of Lachish the king of Eglon

Joshua 10:23
HEB: אֶת־ מֶ֥לֶךְ לָכִ֖ישׁ אֶת־ מֶ֥לֶךְ
NAS: the king of Lachish, [and] the king
KJV: the king of Lachish, [and] the king
INT: of Jarmuth the king of Lachish the king of Eglon

Joshua 10:31
HEB: עִמּ֛וֹ מִלִּבְנָ֖ה לָכִ֑ישָׁה וַיִּ֣חַן עָלֶ֔יהָ
NAS: on from Libnah to Lachish, and they camped
KJV: and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped
INT: from Libnah to Lachish camped and

Joshua 10:32
HEB: יְהוָ֨ה אֶת־ לָכִ֜ישׁ בְּיַ֣ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
NAS: gave Lachish into the hands
KJV: delivered Lachish into the hand
INT: gave the LORD Lachish the hands of Israel

Joshua 10:33
HEB: לַעְזֹ֖ר אֶת־ לָכִ֑ישׁ וַיַּכֵּ֤הוּ יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙
NAS: up to help Lachish, and Joshua
KJV: to help Lachish; and Joshua
INT: of Gezer to help Lachish defeated and Joshua

Joshua 10:34
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל עִמּ֛וֹ מִלָּכִ֖ישׁ עֶגְלֹ֑נָה וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ
NAS: with him passed on from Lachish to Eglon,
KJV: And from Lachish Joshua passed
INT: Israel from Lachish to Eglon camped

Joshua 10:35
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ עָשָׂ֖ה לְלָכִֽישׁ׃ פ
NAS: that he had done to Lachish.
KJV: according to all that he had done to Lachish.
INT: who had done to Lachish

Joshua 12:11
HEB: אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ לָכִ֖ישׁ אֶחָֽד׃
NAS: one; the king of Lachish, one;
KJV: one; the king of Lachish, one;
INT: one the king of Lachish one

Joshua 15:39
HEB: לָכִ֥ישׁ וּבָצְקַ֖ת וְעֶגְלֽוֹן׃
NAS: Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon,
KJV: Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
INT: Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon

2 Kings 14:19
HEB: בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וַיָּ֣נָס לָכִ֑ישָׁה וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ אַֽחֲרָיו֙
NAS: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent
KJV: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent
INT: Jerusalem fled to Lachish sent after

2 Kings 14:19
HEB: וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ אַֽחֲרָיו֙ לָכִ֔ישָׁה וַיְמִתֻ֖הוּ שָֽׁם׃
NAS: after him to Lachish and killed
KJV: after him to Lachish, and slew
INT: sent after to Lachish and killed there

2 Kings 18:14
HEB: מֶֽלֶךְ־ אַשּׁוּר֩ ׀ לָכִ֨ישָׁה ׀ לֵאמֹ֤ר ׀ חָטָ֙אתִי֙
NAS: of Assyria at Lachish, saying,
KJV: of Assyria to Lachish, saying,
INT: the king of Assyria Lachish saying have done

2 Kings 18:17
HEB: שָׁקֵ֨ה מִן־ לָכִ֜ישׁ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ
NAS: and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King
KJV: and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king
INT: and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King

2 Kings 19:8
HEB: כִּ֥י נָסַ֖ע מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃
NAS: that the king had left Lachish.
KJV: that he was departed from Lachish.
INT: the king had left Lachish

2 Chronicles 11:9
HEB: אֲדוֹרַ֥יִם וְאֶת־ לָכִ֖ישׁ וְאֶת־ עֲזֵקָֽה׃
NAS: Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
KJV: And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
INT: Adoraim Lachish Azekah

2 Chronicles 25:27
HEB: בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וַיָּ֣נָס לָכִ֑ישָׁה וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ אַחֲרָיו֙
NAS: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent
KJV: and he fled to Lachish: but they sent
INT: Jerusalem fled to Lachish sent after

2 Chronicles 25:27
HEB: וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ אַחֲרָיו֙ לָכִ֔ישָׁה וַיְמִיתֻ֖הוּ שָֽׁם׃
NAS: after him to Lachish and killed
KJV: but they sent to Lachish after
INT: sent after to Lachish and killed there

2 Chronicles 32:9
HEB: וְהוּא֙ עַל־ לָכִ֔ישׁ וְכָל־ מֶמְשַׁלְתּ֖וֹ
NAS: while he [was] besieging Lachish with all
KJV: to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid siege] against Lachish, and all his power
INT: he he besieging Lachish all his forces

Nehemiah 11:30
HEB: עֲדֻלָּם֙ וְחַצְרֵיהֶ֔ם לָכִישׁ֙ וּשְׂדֹתֶ֔יהָ עֲזֵקָ֖ה
NAS: and their villages, Lachish and its fields,
KJV: and [in] their villages, at Lachish, and the fields
INT: Adullam and their villages Lachish fields Azekah

Isaiah 36:2
HEB: רַב־ שָׁקֵ֨ה מִלָּכִ֧ישׁ יְרוּשָׁלְַ֛מָה אֶל־
NAS: Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem
KJV: Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem
INT: of Assyria Rabshakeh Lachish to Jerusalem to

Isaiah 37:8
HEB: כִּ֥י נָסַ֖ע מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃
NAS: that the king had left Lachish.
KJV: that he was departed from Lachish.
INT: the king had left Lachish

Jeremiah 34:7
HEB: הַנּֽוֹתָר֑וֹת אֶל־ לָכִישׁ֙ וְאֶל־ עֲזֵקָ֔ה
NAS: of Judah, [that is], Lachish and Azekah,
KJV: that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah:
INT: the remaining to Lachish and Azekah

Micah 1:13
HEB: לָרֶ֖כֶשׁ יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת לָכִ֑ישׁ רֵאשִׁ֨ית חַטָּ֥את
NAS: O inhabitant of Lachish-- She was the beginning
KJV: O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind
INT: of horses inhabitant of Lachish she the beginning of sin

24 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3923
24 Occurrences


lā·ḵîš — 13 Occ.
lā·ḵî·šāh — 6 Occ.
lə·lā·ḵîš — 1 Occ.
mil·lā·ḵîš — 4 Occ.















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