HebrewH4023Noun

מְגִדּוֹ

me.gid.don

12Occurrences
H4023Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Megiddon or Megiddo, a place in Palestine

(Zechariah H12 (אַבְדָן)) or מְגִדּוֹ; from H1413 (גָּדַד); rendezvous;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Megiddo or Megiddon = "place of crowds" ancient city of Canaan assigned to Manasseh and located on the southern rim of the plain of Esdraelon 6 miles (10 km) from Mount Carmel and 11 miles (18 km) from Nazareth Also named: Armageddōn (*Ἀρμαγεδδών *"Armageddon" G0717)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

מְגִדּוֹ appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Kings
3
1 Kings
2
Judges
2
Joshua
2
1 Chronicles
1
2 Chronicles
1
Zechariah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 7:29BSB

And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

1 Kings 9:15BSB

This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

2 Kings 23:29BSB

At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

2 Kings 9:27BSB

When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan.And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!”So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.

Judges 5:19BSB

Kings came and fought;then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanachby the waters of Megiddo,but they took no plunder of silver.

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