◄ 4368. Mekonah ►
Strong's Lexicon Mekonah: Mekonah Original Word: מְכֹנָה Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Transliteration: Mkonah Pronunciation: meh-ko-NAH Phonetic Spelling: (mek-o-naw') Definition: Mekonah Meaning: Mekonah is a proper noun referring to a specific location, a town in the territory of Judah. Word Origin: Derived from the root כוּן (kun), which means "to be firm, established, or fixed." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for Mekonah, as it is a specific Hebrew proper noun referring to a location in the Old Testament. Greek translations of the Hebrew Bible, such as the Septuagint, may use transliterations or equivalent terms for geographical names, but these are not typically cataloged in Strong's Greek lexicon. Usage: The term Mekonah appears in the context of a geographical location in the Old Testament. It is mentioned in the list of towns whose inhabitants returned from the Babylonian exile. Context: Mekonah is identified as a town in the region of Judah, mentioned in the post-exilic period. It is listed among the settlements whose people returned with Zerubbabel from Babylonian captivity. The reference to Mekonah is found in Nehemiah 11:28, where it is included in the enumeration of towns and villages that were re-inhabited by the returning exiles. The exact location of Mekonah is not definitively known today, and it is not frequently mentioned in other historical or biblical records. The name Mekonah, derived from the root meaning "to be firm or established," may imply a place that was once well-founded or significant in its time. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a place in Judah NASB Translation Meconah (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs מְכֹנָה proper name, of a location in Judah Nehemiah 11:28. ᵐ5L Μαμη. — מְכֹנָה = מְכוֺנָה see כון. [מִכְנָס], מִכְנְסֵי see כנס. מֶ֫כֶס, [מִכְסָה] see כסס. מִכְסֶה, מְכַסֶּה see I. כסה. מַכְמֵּלָה see כפל. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Mekonah The same as mkownah; a base; Mekonah, a place in Palestine -- Mekonah. see HEBREW mkownah Forms and Transliterations וּבִמְכֹנָ֖ה ובמכנה ū·ḇim·ḵō·nāh ūḇimḵōnāh uvimchoNah Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Nehemiah 11:28 HEB: וּבְצִֽקְלַ֥ג וּבִמְכֹנָ֖ה וּבִבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ NAS: and in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns, KJV: And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages INT: Ziklag Meconah towns 1 Occurrence Strong's Hebrew 4368 1 Occurrence ū·ḇim·ḵō·nāh — 1 Occ.