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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - מַקֵּדָה

מַקֵּדָה

H4719

Transliteration: Maqqêdâh

Pronunciation: mak-kay-daw'

Definition: Makkedah


Original: מקּדה

Transliteration: maqqêdâh

Phonetic: mak-kay-daw'

BDB Definition:

Makkedah = "place of shepherds"
  1. the location of a cave in Judah where Joshua captured and executed five Canaanite kings during the conquest; located near Bethhoron and Libnah

Origin: from the same as H5348" class="dictionary-topic-link">H5348 in the denominative sense of herding (compare H5349" class="dictionary-topic-link">H5349)

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Location


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