לָכִישׁ

Strong’s Definition

Lakish, a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

from an unused root of uncertain meaning;

KJV Usage

Lachish.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Lâkîysh; Pronunciation: law-keesh'