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שׂוֹכֹה, שֹׂכֹה

s.vo.khohSocoh
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place8 occurrences5 books7 verses
This name belongs to 3 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Soco: Son of Heber, from the tribe of Judah
  • Socoh: Town in Judah; site of David's battle with Goliath
  • Socoh: A town in the hill country of Judah

Definition

or שֹׂכֹה; or שׂוֹכוֹ; from H7753; Sokoh or Soko, the name of two places in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Shocho, Shochoh, Sochoh, Soco, Socoh.

Glossary entries

Soco (Place), Socoh Shocho, Shochoh, Shoco Socho Soco (Person)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

8 total
  1. Joshua 15:35שׂוֹכֹ֖ה · Socoh
    Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
  2. Joshua 15:48וְשׂוֹכֹֽה׃ · Socoh
    These were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
  3. 1 Samuel 17:1 (2×)שֹׂכֹ֖ה · at Socoh; שׂוֹכֹ֥ה · Socoh
    Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
  4. 1 Kings 4:10שֹׂכֹ֖ה · Socoh
    Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
  5. 1 Chronicles 4:18שׂוֹכ֔וֹ · of Soco
    These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
  6. 2 Chronicles 11:7שׂוֹכ֖וֹ · Soco
    Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
  7. 2 Chronicles 28:18שׂוֹכ֤וֹ · Soco
    The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.