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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #966 - בֶּזֶק

Transliteration

Bezeq

Phonetics

beh'-zek

Origin

from (H965)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Bezek = "lightning"
1. the home of Adonibezek, the place where Israel rallied under Saul

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

BSB (3)

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

CSB (3)

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

ESV (41)

Genesis 8

Exodus 7

Numbers 8

Deuteronomy 12

Joshua 1

Judges 4

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

KJV (3)

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

LEB (3)

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

LSB (3)

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

N95 (3)

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

NAS (3)

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בֶּ֫זֶקִ proper name, of a location 1 Samuel 11:8 (בְּבָ֑זֶק) rendezvous of Israel under Saul and Samuel; Judges 1:4,5 home of Adoni-bezek; on location compare Euseb. Lag^{Onom. 105,2nd ed. 139}; see also Stu. Judges 1:4; Judges 17th (mile-)stone from Neapolis toward Scythopolis; modern –irbet Ibzî‡, 14English miles from Nâblus, Survey^{ii. 231}. ** Nes^{AJSL xiii {1897}. 176} conjectures meaning gravel, compare modern Ramle = sand. ** Error in Judges 1:4,5 (see GFM).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בֶּזֶק (“lightning”), [Bezek], pr.n. of a city of the Canaanites, where Adoni-bezek was king, Judges 1:4, seq.; 1 Samuel 11:8.

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List of Word Forms

בְּבֶ֔זֶק בְּבָ֑זֶק בבזק bə·ḇā·zeq bə·ḇe·zeq bəḇāzeq bəḇezeq beVazek beVezek