1. Lachish (city) — The proper noun Lachish (לָכִישׁ), referring to a major fortified Judean city in the Shephelah lowlands, prominent in both the conquest narratives (Joshua 10:3-35, 12:11) and the Assyrian/Babylonian siege accounts (2 Kings 18:14-17, 19:8; 2 Chr 11:9, 25:27, 32:9; Isa 36:2, 37:8; Jer 34:7; Mic 1:13; Neh 11:30). All 24 occurrences refer to the same geographic location in various prepositional frames: bare nominative (Lachish, 20x), with min 'from Lachish' (2x), and another min-prefixed usage rendered 'from Lachish' (2x). Multilingual evidence confirms a single referent: spa 'Laquis/de Laquis', hin 'लाकीश/लाकीश-को', arb 'لَخيشَ/مِن لَخيشَ', kor '라기스/라기시에서', swa 'Lakishi/kutoka Lakishi'. The grammatical variation reflects directional prepositions, not different senses. 24×
AR["إِلَى-لَاخِيشَ","إِلَى-لَاكِيشَ","إِلَى-لَكِيشَ","لاخِيشَ","لَاخِيشَ","لَاكِيشَ","لَخيشَ","لَخِيشَ","لَكيشَ","لَكيشُ","مِن-لَخيشَ"]·ben["লাকীশে","লাকীশের","লাখীশ","লাখীশ-থেকে","লাখীশকে","লাখীশে","লাখীশে-তে","লাখীশের"]·DE["Lachish","Lachish-ward","[לכיש]","[לכישה]","von-Lachish","zu-Lachish"]·EN["Lachish","Lachish-ward","Lakhish","from-Lachish","to-Lachish","to-Lakhish"]·FR["Lachish","Lachish-garde","Lakis","[לכיש]","[לכישה]","de-Lachish","à-Lachish"]·heb["לכיש","לכישה","לכישה-ה","מ-לכיש"]·HI["लाकीश","लाकीश-का","लाकीश-की","लाकीश-को","लाकीश-से","लाखीश-में","लाखीशाह"]·ID["(ke)-Lakhis","Lakhis","dari-Lakhis","di-Lakhis","ke-Lakhis"]·IT["Lachis","Lachis-custodia","[לכיש]","[לכישה]","a-Lachis","da-Lachis"]·jav["Lakhis","Lakis","dhateng-Lakhis","saking-Lakhis"]·KO["라기스","라기스로","라기스의","라기시","라기시-로","라기시로","라기시를","라기시에서","라기시의","라키시로"]·PT["(para) Lakhish","Lachish","Lakhish","Lakish","Laquis","de-Lakhish","para-Lakhish"]·RU["Лахиш","Лахиша","Лахишу","в-Лахиш","из-Лахиша"]·ES["Lajish","Lakish","Laquis","a-Laquis","de-Laquis"]·SW["Lakishi","kutoka-Lakishi","lakiysh"]·TR["Lakiş","Lakiş'e","Lakiş'i","Lakiş'in","Lakiş'ten","Lakiş'ı","Lakiş'ın"]·urd["لاکیش","لاکیش-سے","لاکیش-کا","لاکیش-کو","لاکیش-کی","لاکیش-کے","لکیس","لکیس-کو"]
Josh 10:3, Josh 10:5, Josh 10:23, Josh 10:31, Josh 10:32, Josh 10:33, Josh 10:34, Josh 10:35, Josh 12:11, Josh 15:39, 2 Kgs 14:19, 2 Kgs 14:19 (+12 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† לָכִישׁ n.pr.loc.—so Jos 10:3 +; c. ה loc. לָכִ֫ישָׁה Jos 10:31 + 5 times;—Canaanitish (Amorit.) city, with king, Jos 10:3, 5, 23 (all JE), v 31; 12:11 (both D); (= Tel el-Amarna Lakiša, Lakisi WklTA Tablets, Nos. 217, 218, 180, 181); captured by Jos 10:32, 33, 34, 35 (all D); reckoned to Judah Mi 1:13 Je 34:7 Jos 15:39 (P), cf. 2 K 14:19(×2) = 2 Ch 25:27(×2), 2 Ch 11:9 Ne 11:30; base of…