Sôwkôh — H7755

Definition

locative proper noun

Sokoh or Soko, the name of two places in Palestine

1. Shocho or Shochoh or Sochoh or Shoco or Socoh = "bushy"
2. a town in the lowlands of Judah
3. a town in the mountain district of Judah

Usually translated as

Shochoh, Socoh, Shocho, Sochoh, Soco

Origin

or Sôkôh; or Sôwkôw; from H7753

• Derived from Sûwk (H7753)

Occurrences

Sôwkôh occurs 8 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (2)

• Joshua 15:35 — Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh (שׂוֹכֹ֖ה), and Azekah,
• Joshua 15:48 — And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh (וְשׂוֹכֹֽה),
• 1 Samuel 17:1 — Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh (שֹׂכֹ֖ה), which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
• 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 (שׂוֹכֹ֥ה) and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
• 1 Kings 4:10 — The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh (שֹׂכֹ֖ה), and all the land of Hepher:
• 1 Chronicles 4:18 — And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho (שׂוֹכ֔וֹ), and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
• 2 Chronicles 11:7 — And Beth-zur, and Shoco (שׂוֹכ֖וֹ), and Adullam,
• 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 (שׂוֹכ֤וֹ) with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.