HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3347
יׇקְדְעָם
yoq.de.am — Jokdeam
§ Jokdeam = "burning of a people" a city in the mountains of southern Judah; apparently south of Hebron
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Jokdeam
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
Historical dictionary entry
A city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:56).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.