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Strong's H3923 לָכִישׁ (lakish)

Lakish means “Lachish” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3923 — pareisphero (“give”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3923
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 22
Books 7

Strong's H3923 Quick Answer

Strong's H3923 לָכִישׁ (Lachiysh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Lachiysh (law-keesh') n/l. 1. Lakish, a place in Israel [from an unused root of uncertain meaning] It has 22 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include lachish and israel. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Lachiysh (law-keesh') n/l. 1. Lakish, a place in Israel [from an unused root of uncertain meaning]
Usage
22 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
lachish and israel

Meaning and Definition

Lachiysh (law-keesh') n/l. 1. Lakish, a place in Israel [from an unused root of uncertain meaning] KJV: Lachish.

Original Word
לָכִישׁ
Transliteration
Lachiysh
Morphology
Name/l.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3923. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Lachish

Usage: § 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

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How Strong's H3923 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Lachiysh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Lachish Joshua 10:3 18× Israel Joshua 10:31

How Strong's H3923 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3923 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3923 in the Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Joshua 10:3 KJV

Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

Joshua 10:5 KJV

Therefore 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 10:23 KJV

And 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.

Usage Excerpts

First 22 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3923.

Joshua 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Joshua 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore 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 10:23 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 10:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
Joshua 10:32 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 10:33 Old Testament, KJV
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
Joshua 10:34 Old Testament, KJV
And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
Joshua 10:35 Old Testament, KJV
And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
Joshua 12:11 Old Testament, KJV
The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
Joshua 15:39 Old Testament, KJV
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
2 Kings 14:19 Old Testament, KJV
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
2 Kings 18:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
2 Kings 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
2 Kings 19:8 Old Testament, KJV
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
2 Chronicles 25:27 Old Testament, KJV
Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
2 Chronicles 32:9 Old Testament, KJV
After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
Nehemiah 11:30 Old Testament, KJV
Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
Isaiah 36:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
Isaiah 37:8 Old Testament, KJV
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
Jeremiah 34:7 Old Testament, KJV
When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
Micah 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3923, grouped by book.

Joshua 10 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3923 FAQ

What does lakish (לָכִישׁ) mean?

Lakish (Strong's H3923) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Lachish". Lachiysh (law-keesh') n/l. 1. Lakish, a place in Israel [from an unused root of uncertain meaning]

How many times is lakish (לָכִישׁ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 22 linked usages for Strong's H3923 across 7 books.

Where can I study lakish (לָכִישׁ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3923 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate lakish (לָכִישׁ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lachish and israel. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.