Secacah
Secacah
[many Sec’ acoh ] (Heb. Sekakah’, , thicket; Sept. v.r. ; Vulg. Sechacha, or Sachacha), one of the six cities of Judah situated in the Midbar (” wilderness”), that is, the tract bordering ou the Dead Sea (Jos 15:61). It occurs in the list between Middin and han- Nibshan. It was not known to Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast.). From Sinjii, among the highlands of Ephraim, near Seilfin, Dr. Robinson saw a place called Sekakeh (Bib. Res. ii, 8l, note); but this locality is, of course, out of the question. The place possibly corresponds to the site of Kusr Altar, one of two ruined towers on Wady Khureitun (Robinson, Bib. Res. ii: 182).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Secacah (2)
For this site Lieut. Conder suggests (Tent Work, 2:339) the modern Sikkeh, but he does not indicate the locality. It is thus referred to in the Quar. Statement of the “Pal. Explor. Fund,” January 1881, page 55: “In the Judeean desert; possibly the ruin Sikkeh, east of Bethany (sheet 17).” But no such name appears on the Map nor in the accompanying Memoirs.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Secacah
enclosure, one of the six cities in the wilderness of Judah, noted for its “great cistern” (Josh. 15:61). It has been identified with the ruin Sikkeh, east of Bethany.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Secacah
One of Judah’s six cities in the midbar or wilderness bordering on the Dead Sea (Jos 15:61).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Secacah
SECACAH.A town mentioned (Jos 15:61) among the possessions of Judah in the wilderness (midbr). It was probably in the rocky district above the W. shore of the Dead Sea.
H. L. Willett.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Secacah
se-kaka, seka-ka (, sekhakhah; Codex Vaticanus , Aichioza; Codex Alexandrinus , Sochocha): One of the six cities in the wilderness of Judah (Jos 15:61), that is in the uncultivated lands to the West of the Dead Sea, where a scanty pasturage is still obtained by wandering Bedouin tribes. There are many signs in this district of more settled habitation in ancient times, but the name Secacah is lost. Conder proposed Khirbet ed Dikkeh (also called Khirbet es Sikkeh), the ruin of the path, some 2 miles South of Bethany. Though an ancient site, it is too near the inhabited area; the name, too, is uncertain (PEF, III, 111, Sh XVII).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Secacah
[Seca’cah]
City ‘in the wilderness’ of Judah. Jos 15:61. Identified by some with ruins at es Sikkeh, 31 46′ N, 35 17′ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Secacah
Sec’acah or Seca’cah. (thicket). One of the six cities of Judah, which were situated in the Midbar, (“wilderness”), that is, the tract bordering on the Dead Sea. Jos 15:61. Its position is not known.