Secacah

Secacah [H]

enclosure, one of the six cities in the wilderness of Judah, noted for its "great cistern" ( Joshua 15:61 ). It has been identified with the ruin Sikkeh, east of Bethany.

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

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[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

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Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Secacah". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Secacah [E]

shadow; covering; defense

Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely. [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Secacah'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Secacah, or Secacah

(thicket ), one of the six cities of Judah which were situated in the Midbar ("wilderness"), that is, the tract bordering on the Dead Sea. ( Joshua 15:61 ) Its portion is not known.

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Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Secacah, or Secacah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

SECACAH

se-ka'-ka, sek'-a-ka (cekhakhah; Codex Vaticanus Aichioza; Codex Alexandrinus Sochocha):

One of the six cities "in the wilderness of Judah" (Joshua 15:61), that is in the uncultivated lands to the West of the Dead Sea, where a scanty pasturage is still obtained by wandering Bedouin tribes. There are many signs in this district of more settled habitation in ancient times, but the name Secacah is lost. Conder proposed Khirbet edition Diqqeh] (also called Khirbet es Siqqeh), "the ruin of the path," some 2 miles South of Bethany. Though an ancient site, it is too near the inhabited area; the name, too, is uncertain (PEF, III, 111, Sh XVII).

E. W. G. Masterman

Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SECACAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.