HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4368
מְכֹנָה
me.kho.nah — Meconah
§ Mekonah = "foundation" one of the towns which were reinhabited after the return from exile
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Mekonah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
A base or foundation, a town in the south of Judah (Neh. 11:28), near Ziklag.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.