HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5527
סְכָכָה
se.kha.khah — Secacah
§ Secacah = "thicket" one of the 6 cities of Judah located in the wilderness bordering on the Dead Sea
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Secacah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Enclosure, one of the six cities in the wilderness of Judah, noted for its “great cistern” (Josh. 15:61). It has been identified with the ruin Sikkeh, east of Bethany.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.