The meaning of “שׂוֹכֹה”
Understanding Sôwkôh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or שֹׂכֹה Sôkôh (so-ko'); or שׂוֹכוֹ Sôwkôw (so-ko'); from שׂוּךְ Shocho, Shochoh, Sochoh, Soco, Socoh. - § Shocho or Sh...
שׂוֹכֹה
or שֹׂכֹה Sôkôh (so-ko'); or שׂוֹכוֹ Sôwkôw (so-ko'); from שׂוּךְ Shocho, Shochoh, Sochoh, Soco, Socoh. - § Shocho or Shochoh or Sochoh or Shoco or Socoh = "bushy" - Sokoh or Soko, the name of two places in Palestine 1) a town in the lowlands of Judah 2) a town in the mountain district of Judah
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua 15:48 | “And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,” Word: שׂוֹכֹה (Sôwkôh) | |
| 1 Samuel 17:1 | “Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes–dammim.” Word: שׂוֹכֹה (Sôwkôh) | |
| 1 Kings 4:10 | “The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:” Word: שׂוֹכֹה (Sôwkôh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 4:18 | “And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.” Word: שׂוֹכֹה (Sôwkôh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 28:18 | “The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth–shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.” Word: שׂוֹכֹה (Sôwkôh) |