Bezeq — H966

Definition

locative proper noun

Bezek, a place in Palestine

1. Bezek = "lightning"
2. the home of Adonibezek, the place where Israel rallied under Saul

Usually translated as

Bezek

Origin

from H965; lightning

• Derived from Bâzâq (H965)

Occurrences

Bezeq occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (2), 1 Samuel (1)

• Judges 1:4 — And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek (בְּבֶ֔זֶק) ten thousand men.
• Judges 1:5 — And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek (בְּבֶ֔זֶק): and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
• 1 Samuel 11:8 — And when he numbered them in Bezek (בְּבָ֑זֶק), the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.