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Joshua 15:44
“And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קְעִילָהQᵉʻîylâh · keh-ee-law'
H7084 · Hebrew
H7084 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Keilah, a place in Palestine
- Derivation
- perhaps from H7049 (קָלַע) in the sense of enclosing; citadel;
- KJV renderings
- Keilah.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- קְעִילָ֥ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 23:11 Samuel 23:21 Samuel 23:31 Samuel 23:41 Samuel 23:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קְעִילָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.