סֻכּוֹת
suk.kot
Succoth
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Succoth (H5523G): A Biblical Place Name Based on the lexical data provided, Succoth (סֻכּוֹת) is a proper noun appearing 14 times in the Hebrew Bible. The term functions as a geographical designation rather than a common word with semantic range. Its consistent classification as a single lemma across these occurrences suggests it refers to a specific, identifiable location rather than multiple distinct places sharing the same name. The limited frequency of occurrence (14 instances) indicates that Succoth was a geographically or historically bounded location of particular but not extensive significance in biblical narrative. The data itself does not specify the word's etymological derivation or its literal meaning, though the consistent transliteration and singular lemma status confirm it as a proper noun used to identify a discrete place in the biblical world. Without access to the specific biblical passages where Succoth appears, commentary on its narrative role or theological importance cannot be made based solely on this lexical entry. The data establishes only that Succoth was a named location referenced with modest frequency throughout the biblical text, warranting identification as a significant geographical reference point in the corpus.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
14 total occurrences across the text
God has spoken from his sanctuary: “I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Psalms 108:7God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Genesis 33:17Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Genesis 33:17Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Joshua 13:27and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan’s bank, to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
Judges 8:5He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Judges 8:6The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
Judges 8:8He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
Judges 8:14He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
Judges 8:14He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
Judges 8:15He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’ ”
Judges 8:16He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
1 Kings 7:46The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
2 Chronicles 4:17The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.