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Bezek — the meaning of the Hebrew name בֶּזֶק

בֶּזֶק

Bezeq · pronounced beh'-zak · Strong's H966 · a place

Bezek means lightning.

Built from

בָּזָק bâzâq (from, H965) — a flash of lightning open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H965; lightning; Bezek, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Judg 1:4 And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. (KJV)

Every verse that names Bezek

3 occurrences in 3 verses — Judges, 1 Samuel

Judg 1:4Judg 1:51Sam 11:8

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