Lexicon / H4719
מַקֵּדָה
maq.qe.dah
  • Makkedah

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Makkedah

§ Makkedah = "place of shepherds"

the location of a cave in Judah where Joshua captured and executed five Canaanite kings during the conquest; located near Bethhoron and Libnah

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Makkedah

מַקֵּדָה n.pr.loc . in Judah, near Beth Horon, and Libnah, where was a cave, captured by Joshua, with a king