H7084

קְעִילָה

qe.i.lahN:N--L

Keilah

§ Keilah = "fortress" a city in the lowlands of Judah northwest of Hebron

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

קְעִילָה18 proper name, of a location Κεειλα: in Judah, toward Philistines, ׳ק 1Sam 23:1 + 13 t. 23 (קְעִלָה, v1Sam 23:3.13); Josh 15:44 (P), compare 2Chr 4:19 (genealogical scheme); post-exilic פֶּלֶח קְעִילָךְ Neh 3:17; Neh 3:18 modern Kîl¹, approximately 8 miles northwest from Hebron, GASmGeogr. 230 BuhlGeogr. 193; clause Tel Amarna †ilti WklNo. 165, 11, 18, etc.


14 occurrences

Joshua (1), I Samuel (11), I Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1)