Hachilah — the meaning of the Hebrew name חֲכִילָה

חֲכִילָה

Chăkîylâh · pronounced khak-ee-law' · Strong's H2444 · a place

Hachilah means dark.

Built from

חַכְלִיל chaklîyl (the same as, H2447) — by reduplication from an unused root apparently meaning to be dark open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from the same as H2447; dark; Chakilah, a hill in Palestine.

First appearance

1Sam 23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? (KJV)

Every verse that names Hachilah

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 1 Samuel

1Sam 23:191Sam 26:11Sam 26:3

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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