H0966 H0966
Bezek, a place name; site of Israelite muster and defeat of Canaanite king Adoni-bezek
A town in the central hill country serving as a military gathering point. Judah defeated the Canaanite and Perizzite forces at Bezek and captured King Adoni-bezek there (Judges 1:4-5). Saul mustered the Israelite army at Bezek before relieving Jabesh-gilead from the Ammonite siege (1 Samuel 11:8). The site, possibly modern Khirbet Ibziq, lay on a route between the central highlands and the Jordan valley, making it strategically valuable for troop assembly. The location's name may relate to gravel or scattering.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A town in Israelite territory, mentioned as a battlefield and muster point. Judah and Simeon fought the Canaanites and Perizzites 'at Bezek' and captured Adoni-bezek (Judges 1:4-5). Saul numbered the troops 'at Bezek' before marching to rescue Jabesh-gilead (1 Samuel 11:8). The consistent preposition 'in/at Bezek' across translations confirms the locative function. 3×
AR["بِ-بَزَقَ", "فِي-بَازَق"]·ben["-বেসকে", "বেষকে"]·DE["in-Bezek"]·EN["in-Bezek"]·FR["dans-Bezek"]·heb["ב-בזק", "בְּ-בָזֶק"]·HI["बेजेक-में"]·ID["di-Bezek"]·IT["in-Bezek"]·jav["ing-Bèzèk", "wonten-ing-Bézèk"]·KO["베색에서", "베섹에서"]·PT["em-Bezeq"]·RU["в-Безеке"]·ES["en-Bezek", "en-Bézek"]·SW["Bezeki", "katika-Bezeki"]·TR["Bezek-te", "de-Bezek"]·urd["بازق-میں", "بزق-میں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בֶּ֫זֶק n.pr.loc. 1 S 11:8 (בְּבָ֑זֶק) rendezvous of Israel under Saul and Sam.; Ju 1:4, 5 home of Adoni-bezek; on loc. cf. Euseb. LagOnom. 105, 2nd ed. 139; see also Stu. error in Ju 1:4, 5 (v. GFM). Ju 1:4; 17th (mile-)stone from Neapolis toward Scythopolis; mod. Ḫirbet Ibzîḳ, 14 Eng. m. from Nâblus, Surveyii. 231. NesAJSL xiii (1897), 176 conj. meaning gravel, cf. mod. Ramle = sand.