Keilah
קְעִילָהStrong’s H7084qeilah (qe-i-lah)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qeilah is the Hebrew word usually translated “keilah”, “from keilah” and “against keilah”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:”
Meaning
- § Keilah = "fortress"
How it's translated
- keilah 14
- from keilah 2
- and keilah 1
- against keilah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 12
- Nehemiah 2
- Joshua 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 23:1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
- 1 Samuel 23:2Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
- 1 Samuel 23:3And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
- 1 Samuel 23:4Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
- 1 Samuel 23:5So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
- 1 Samuel 23:6And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
Hebrew dictionary
קְעִילָה qeilah · Keilah
§ Keilah = "fortress" a city in the lowlands of Judah northwest of Hebron
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.