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title: עֲזֵקָה — Azekah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲזֵקָה (5825), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Azekah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲזֵקָה

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«עֲזֵקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Azekah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 5825 · **BDB:** עֲזֵקָה

### Glosses

Azekah (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Azekah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5825/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5825/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Αζηκα, in the Shephelah of Judah, near שׂוֹכֹה, Jos 10:10, 11 (JE), 15:35 (P), 1 S 17:1; Je 34:7; 2 Ch 11:9; Ne 11:30; not identified.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲזֵקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5825/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.35/)

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יַרְמוּת֙ וַעֲדֻלָּ֔ם שׂוֹכֹ֖ה וַעֲזֵקָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Jarmuth and Adullam Socoh and Azekah

*JPS 1917:* Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;

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[2 Chronicles 11:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.11.9/)

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וְאֶת־אֲדוֹרַ֥יִם וְאֶת־לָכִ֖ישׁ וְאֶת־עֲזֵקָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Adoraim and (et) Lachish and (et) Azekah

*JPS 1917:* and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

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