Strongs Number: H4719
- Hebrew Word
- מַקֵּדָה
- Transliteration
- Maqqêdâh
- Phonetic
- mak-kay-daw'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Location
- Strongs Definition
-
fold; {Makkedah} a place in Palestine
- BDB Definition
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Makkedah = "place of shepherds"
1. the location of a cave in Judah where Joshua captured and executed five Canaanite kings during the conquest; located near Bethhoron and Libnah
- Origin
- From the same as H5348 in the denominative sense of herding (compare H5349)
- Bible Usage
- Makkedah.