How to Pronounce Azekah

Ah-zeh-KAH

Azekah is pronounced Ah-zeh-KAH (əˈziːkə): three syllables, stress on the third. Also heard: uh-ZEE-kuh.

What does Azekah mean?

Azekah means “strength of walls”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Azekah?

Azekah was a city in the lowlands of Judah (Joshua 15:35). The Philistines camped between Sochoh and Azekah at Ephesdammim when Goliath challenged Israel (1 Samuel 17:1), and it was one of the last fortified cities of Judah still resisting Babylon (Jeremiah 34:7).

Also pronounced

uh-ZEE-kuh

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