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יׇקְתְאֵל

yoq.te.elJoktheel
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place2 occurrences2 books2 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
  • Joktheel: A town in the Shephelah region of Judah
  • Sela: Edomite stronghold captured by King Amaziah of Judah

Definition

probably from the same as H3348 and H410; veneration of God (compare H3354); Joktheel, the name of a place in Palestine, and of one in Idumaea
Traditional renderings: Joktheel.

Glossary entries

Sela Joktheel

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

2 total
  1. Joshua 15:38וְיָקְתְאֵֽל׃ · Joktheel
    Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
  2. 2 Kings 14:7יָקְתְאֵ֔ל · it Joktheel
    Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.