LACHISH la'-kish (lakhish; Septuagint Lachis (Joshua 15:39), Maches): 1. Location: A town in the foothills of the Shephelah on the border of the Philistine plain, belonging to Judah, and, from the mention of Eglon in connection with it, evidently in the southwestern portion of Judah's territory. Eusebius, Onomasticon locates it 7 miles from Eleut

LACK (forms of chacer, "to lack," ayin, "nought"): This word in its various forms has the usual meaning of "want," "need," "deficiency." There is but little change in the use of the word in the different versions. Sometimes one of the common synonyms is exchanged for the word itself, e.g. in the Old Testament, 1 Samuel 21:15 the Revised Version (B

LACE las (pathil, variously rendered in Genesis 38:18,25; Exodus 39:3; Numbers 15:38; 19:15; Judges 16:9; Ezekiel 40:3): In modern English the noun "lace" usually denotes a delicate ornamental fabric, but in the word in the sense of "that which binds" is still in perfectly good use, especially in such combinations as "shoelace" etc. It is this lat

LACEDAEMONIANS las-e-de-mo'-ni-anz (Spartidtai; once only Lakedaimonioi, 2 Macc 5:9): The inhabitants of Sparta or Lacedaemon with whom the Jews claimed some kinship and formed alliances (1 Macc 12:2,5,6,20,21; 14:20,23; 15:23; 2 Macc 5:9). The alliance mentioned in 1 Macc 12:5-23 is based, among other grounds, on that of a common descent of Jews

LACCUNUS lak'-u-nus (Lakkounos; the King James Version Lacunus): One of the sons of Addi who returned with Ezra and had married a foreign wife (1 Esdras 9:31). The name does not, as might have been expected, occur in Ezra 10:30. See note on the passage (in Lange's Commentary) as to the reconciliation of the lists in 1 Esdras and Ezra. Copyright St

LABOR la'-ber (yeghia`, `amal; kopos): The word (noun and verb) denoting hard work or "toil" (thus in the Revised Version (British and American) of Deuteronomy 26:7; Joshua 7:3; Revelation 2:2) represents several Hebrew and Greek words, chiefly those above. Occasionally, as in Habakkuk 3:17 (ma`aseh), it stands for "fruit of labor." Sometimes, in

LABANA lab'-a-na (Labana, 1 Esdras 5:29): Called Lebanah in Ezra 2:45. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LABANA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LAADAN la,'-a-dan. See LADAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LAADAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LABAN la'-ban: The person named Laban, labhan; (Laban, possibly connected with the root meaning "to be white," from which in Hebrew the adjective meaning "white" has just this form) is first introduced to the reader of Genesis in the story of the wooing of Rebekah (Genesis 24). He belonged to that branch of the family of Terah that was derived fro

LAADAH la'-a-da (la`dah): A descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:21). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LAADAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

KUSHAIAH ku-sha'-ya, ku-shi'-a (qushayahu, "bow of Yah"): A Merarite Levite (1 Chronicles 15:17), called in 1 Chronicles 6:44 KISHI (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KUSHAIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

KORHITES kor'-hits: In the King James Version for "Korahites" in Exodus 6:24; 1 Chronicles 12:6; 26:1; 2 Chronicles 20:19. See KORAH, 3. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KORHITES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

KORATHITES ko'-rath-its: In the King James Version for "Korabites," Numbers 26:58. See KORAH, 4. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KORATHITES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

KORE ko-'re (qore, "one who proclaims"): (1) A Levite of David's time, descended from Kohath and Korah. See KORAH, 4. Shallum, Chief doorkeeper in the latest Bible times, is described as "the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah" (1 Chronicles 9:19). This expression omits the generations between Shallum and Kore, and those between Ko

KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH ko'-ra-its (qorchi), (beno qorach; in the King James Version appears also as Korhite, Kohathite, Kore): This phrase is used to denote Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph, Korah's 3 individual sons (Exodus 6:24; compare Numbers 26:11). But its more frequent use, and that to which interest attaches, is in the titles of some of th

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

KOLAIAH ko-la'-ya, ko-li'-a (qolayah, "voice of Yah"): (1) A Benjamite, son of Maaseiah (Nehemiah 11:7). (2) Father of Ahab, a false prophet and a lecherous man (Jeremiah 29:21-23). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KOLAIAH'". "International Standard Bibl

KONAE ko'-ne (Kona): Some manuscripts have [@komas, from which we have in the King James Version "the villages." The name occurs in the account of the measures taken to secure the country against Holofernes (Judith 4:4). If Kona be correct, we may possibly identify the place with Cyamon. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliogra

KOHELETH ko-hel'-eth (qoheleth). See ECCLESIASTES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KOHELETH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.