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HebrewH4719Noun

מַקֵּדָה

maq.qe.dah

8Occurrences
H4719Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Makkedah, a place in Palestine

from the same as H5348 (נָקֹד) in the denominative sense of herding (compare H5349 (נֹקֵד)); fold;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Makkedah = "place of shepherds" the location of a cave in Judah where Joshua captured and executed five Canaanite kings during the conquest; located near Bethhoron and Libnah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

מַקֵּדָה appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
8

Key Passages

Joshua 10:10BSB

And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

Joshua 10:16BSB

Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

Joshua 10:17BSB

And Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

Joshua 10:21BSB

The whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.

Joshua 10:28BSB

On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.