H0966H

בֶּ֫זֶק

be.zeqN:N--L

Bezek

§ Bezek = "lightning" the home of Adonibezek, the place where Israel rallied under Saul

The KJV translates H0966 in the following manner:

Bezek (6x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

בֶּ֫זֶקִ proper name, of a location 1Sam 11:8 (בְּבָ֑זֶק) rendezvous of Israel under Saul and Samuel; Judg 1:4; Judg 1:5 home of Adoni-bezek; on location compare Euseb. Lag^{Onom. 105, 2nd ed. 139}; see also Stu. Judg 1:4 17th (mile-)stone from Neapolis toward Scythopolis; modern –irbet Ibzî‡, 14 English miles from Nâblus, Survey^{ii. 231}.

**Nes^{AJSL xiii {1897}. 176} conjectures meaning gravel, compare modern Ramle = sand. **Error in Judg 1:4; Judg 1:5 (see GFM).

1 occurrence

I Samuel 11:8