lakhish (Lachish)

Meaning

§ Lachish = "invincible"

How it's translated

lachish 13
lachish towards 6
from lachish 4
to lachish 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Joshua 10
2 Kings 4
2 Chronicles 3
Isaiah 2
Nehemiah 1
Jeremiah 1

7 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Joshua 10:5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
Joshua 10:23And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
Joshua 10:31And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
Joshua 10:32And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
Joshua 10:33Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
Joshua 10:34And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:

All 22 verses, by book

Joshua 10: 10:3 10:5 10:23 10:31 10:32 10:33 10:34 10:35 12:11 15:39
2 Kings 4: 14:19 18:14 18:17 19:8
2 Chronicles 3: 11:9 25:27 32:9
Nehemiah 1: 11:30
Isaiah 2: 36:2 37:8
Jeremiah 1: 34:7
Micah 1: 1:13

Hebrew dictionary

לָכִישׁ lakhish · Lachish

§ Lachish = "invincible" a city lying south of Jerusalem on the borders of Simeon and which belonged to the Amorites until conquered by Joshua and allotted to Judah

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).