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Sorek — the meaning of the Hebrew name שׂוֹרֵק

שׂוֹרֵק

Sôwrêq · pronounced so-rake' · Strong's H7796 · a place

Sorek means a vine.

Built from

שֹׂרֵק sôrêq (the same as, H8321) — a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H8321; a vine; Sorek, a valley in Palestine.

First appearance

Judg 16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. (KJV)

Every verse that names Sorek

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Judges

Judg 16:4

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