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title: עִקֵּשׁ — Ikkesh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִקֵּשׁ (6142), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Ikkesh. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִקֵּשׁ

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«עִקֵּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ikkesh** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6142 · **BDB:** עִקֵּשׁ²

### Glosses

of.Ikkesh (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ikkesh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6142/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6142/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a Tekoan 2 S 23:26 = 1 Ch 11:28; 1 Ch 27:9; Εισκα, Εκκις, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִקֵּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6142/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.26/)

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חֶ֚לֶץ הַפַּלְטִ֔י עִירָ֥א בֶן־עִקֵּ֖שׁ הַתְּקוֹעִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Helez the Paltite Ira the.son of.Ikkesh the Tekoite

*JPS 1917:* Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite;

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[1 Chronicles 11:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.28/)

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עִירָ֤א בֶן־עִקֵּשׁ֙ הַתְּקוֹעִ֔י אֲבִיעֶ֖זֶר הָעֲנְּתוֹתִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Ira the.son of.Ikkesh the Tekoite Abiezer the Anathothite

*JPS 1917:* Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite;

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