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lāxīš לָכִישׁ ‘Lachish’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: from an unused root of uncertain meaning

lāxīš pr n loc
Lachish = "invincible"
1) a city lying south of Jerusalem on the borders of Simeon and which belonged to the Amorites until conquered by Joshua and allotted to Judah

Mentioned in Joshua 10:3, 10:33, 12:11, 10:23, 10:5, 10:32, 10:35, 15:39, 10:31, 10:34 2 Kings 14:19, 18:14, 18:17, 19:8 Isaiah 36:2, 37:8 Jeremiah 34:7 Micah 1:13 Nehemiah 11:30 2 Chronicles 11:9, 25:27, 32:9