Senses
1. Megiddo (city) — The proper noun Megiddo (מְגִדּוֹ/מְגִדּוֹן), referring to the strategic Canaanite and later Israelite city located in the Jezreel Valley at a critical pass on the Via Maris trade route. It appears in conquest lists (Josh 12:21, 17:11; Judg 1:27, 5:19), Solomon's administrative districts (1 Kgs 4:12, 9:15), and as the site of King Josiah's death (2 Kgs 23:29-30; 2 Chr 35:22; Zech 12:11). All 12 occurrences refer to the same location: bare nominative and with conjunctive waw (Megiddo, 9x), with prepositions be-/min- 'in/from Megiddo' (2x), and the variant form Megiddon (1x). Multilingual evidence confirms a single referent: spa 'Meguido/en Meguido/de Meguido', hin 'मगिद्दो/मगिद्दोन', arb 'مَجِدّوَ/مَجِدُّونَ', kor '므깃도/므깃도에서', swa 'Megido/kutoka Megido'. The Megiddon variant (S109597) is an orthographic/dialectal alternation of the same toponym, not a distinct sense. 12×
AR["فِي-مَجِدُّو","مَجِدُّو","مَجِدُّونَ","مَجِدّو","مَجِدّوَ","مِنْ-مَجِدُّو","وَمَجِدُّو"]·ben["ও-মগিদ্দো","মগিদোনের","মগিদ্দো","মগিদ্দো-থেকে","মগিদ্দোতে","মগিদ্দোর"]·DE["Megiddo","[מגדו]","[מגדון]","in-Megiddo","und-Megiddo","von-Megiddo","zu-Megiddo"]·EN["Megiddo","and-Megiddo","from-Megiddo","in-Megiddo","to-Megiddo"]·FR["Megiddo","Meguiddo","[מגדו]","dans-Megiddo","de-Megiddo","et-Megiddo","à-Megiddo"]·heb["ב-מגידו","ו-מגידו","מ-מגידו","מְגִדּוֹ","מגדו","מגידו","מגידון"]·HI["और-मगिद्दो","बे-मगिद्दो","मगिद्दो","मगिद्दो-की","मगिद्दो-के","मगिद्दोन-की","मिन-मगिद्दो-से"]·ID["(ke)-Megido","Megido","dan-Megido","dari-Megido","di-Megido"]·IT["Meghiddo","[מגדו]","[מגדון]","a-Meghiddo","da-Meghiddo","e-Meghiddo","in-Meghiddo"]·jav["Megido","Mègido","Mégido","Mégidon","lan-Mégido","saking-Mégido","wonten-ing-Mégido"]·KO["그리고-명기도와","멏깃도의","면깃도에서","명기도로","명깃도-의","명깃돈","므깃도","므깃도와","므깃도의"]·PT["Megiddo","Megiddon","Megido","de-Megido","e-Megiddo","em-Megido"]·RU["Мегиддо","Мегиддона","в-Мегиддо","и-Мегиддо","из-Мегиддо"]·ES["Megido","Meguido","de-Meguido","en-Meguido","y-Meguido"]·SW["Megido","huko-Megido","kutoka-Megido","mgidּwo","na-Megido"]·TR["-Megiddo'da","-Megiddo'dan","Megiddo","Megiddo'nun","Megiddo'ya","Megiddo'yu","Megiddonun","ve-Megiddo"]·urd["اور-مجدّو","سے-مجدّو","مجدو","مجدو-کا","مجدو-کو","مجدو-کے","مجدّو","مجدّو-کی","مجدّو-کے","میں-مجدّو"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מְגִדּוֹ and (Zc 12:11) מְגִדּוֹן n.pr.loc. (connexion with above √ not clear; 𝔊 Μαγεδδω, Μεκεδω, Μαγεδω, etc.; 𝔙 Mageddo; Assyrian Magadû, Magidû, COTGloss DlPa 287) old Canaanitish city, assigned to Manasseh 1 K 4:12; 9:15 2 K 9:27; 23:29, 30; מֶלֶךְ מ׳ Jos 12:21; ישְׁבֵי מ׳ Jos 17:11 = Ju 1:27; מֵי מ׳ Ju 5:19; בִּקְעַת מ׳ Zc 12:11 2 Ch 35:22;—mod. Lejjûn (= legio) RobBR ii, 329 f. 364 BdPal 229.