Strong's H3923 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: לָכִישׁ (Lâkîysh)

Pronunciation: law-keesh'

Morphology: n-pr-loc

Name Meaning: Lachish = "invincible"

Derivation: from an unused root of uncertain meaning;

Definition: Lakish, a place in Palestine

KJV Renderings: Lachish.

Senses

1. 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

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.