מַקֵּדָה
maq.qe.dah
Makkedah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word מַקֵּדָה (maq.qe.dah) corresponds to the Strong's number H4719 and serves as a proper name, referring to a person or possibly a place based on the given definition of Makkedah. The name occurs 9 times in the Bible. Given its semantic domain as a proper name and its specific transliteration, it appears that מַקֵּדָה is a unique identifier, likely referencing a distinct individual, although the data also leaves open the possibility that it might be a place name if the definition 'Makkedah' applies to a location. The multiple occurrences of this name throughout the Bible may indicate its importance as a significant character or location, though without further context or information, it is challenging to precisely ascertain its broader role or relevance within the narrative.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
9 total occurrences across the text
all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
Joshua 10:10Yahweh confused them before Israel. He killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah and to Makkedah.
Joshua 10:16These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
Joshua 10:17Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
Joshua 10:28Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king. He utterly destroyed it and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. He did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Joshua 10:28Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king. He utterly destroyed it and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. He did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Joshua 10:29Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
Joshua 12:16the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
Joshua 15:41Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.