לָכִישׁLâkîysh
proper name [of a location]: Canaanitish (Amorite) city, with king (Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:31; Joshua 10:5; Joshua 10:23; Joshua 12:11)
Pronunciation: law-keesh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3923
Where it appears
Appears 24 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 10:3 So King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent messengers to several other kings: Hoham of Hebron, Piram of Jarmuth, Japhia of Lachish, and Debir of Eglon.
- Joshua 10:5 So these five Amorite kings combined their armies for a united attack. They moved all their troops into place and attacked Gibeon.
- Joshua 10:23 So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
- Joshua 10:31 From Libnah, Joshua and the Israelites went to Lachish and attacked it.
- Joshua 10:32 Here again, the Lord gave them Lachish. Joshua took it on the second day and killed everyone in it, just as he had done at Libnah.
- Joshua 10:33 During the attack on Lachish, King Horam of Gezer arrived with his army to help defend the town. But Joshua’s men killed him and his army, leaving no survivors.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).