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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53742" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' sē´kū ''''' ( שּׂכוּ , <i> ''''' sēkhū ''''' </i> ; | <p> <strong> SECU </strong> . A place name which appears only in the late narrative of 1 Samuel 19:22 in connexion with Ramah, Samuel’s home, and especially with the ‘great cistern’ or ‘well of the threshing-floor.’ Perhaps the name represents a word in the original best rendered ‘the height,’ referring to the highest part of the town of Ramah. </p> <p> H. L. Willett. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7918" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' sē´kū ''''' ( שּׂכוּ , <i> ''''' sēkhū ''''' </i> ; Codex Vaticanus ἐν τῷ Σεφεί , <i> ''''' en ''''' </i> <i> ''''' tṓ ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Sepheı́ ''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus ἐν Σοκχώ , <i> ''''' en ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Sokchṓ ''''' </i> ; the King James Version [[Sechu]] ): This name occurs only in the account of David's visit to Samuel ( 1 Samuel 19:22 ). Saul, we are told, went to "Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu," where he inquired after Samuel and David. It evidently lay between the residence of Saul at [[Gibeah]] and Ramah. It is impossible to come to any sure conclusion regarding it. Conder suggested its identification with <i> ''''' Khirbet ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Suweikeh ''''' </i> , which lies to the South of <i> ''''' Bı̄reh ''''' </i> . This is possible, but perhaps we should read with the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, "He came to the cistern of the threshing-floor that is on the bare hill" ( <i> ''''' en ''''' </i> <i> ''''' tō ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Sephei ''''' </i> ). The threshing-floors in the East are naturally on high exposed ground where this is possible, and often form part of the area whence water in the rainy season is conducted to cisterns. This might have been a place actually within the city of Ramah. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_53742"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/secu Secu from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_7918"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/secu Secu from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_7918"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/secu Secu from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 07:18, 15 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
SECU . A place name which appears only in the late narrative of 1 Samuel 19:22 in connexion with Ramah, Samuel’s home, and especially with the ‘great cistern’ or ‘well of the threshing-floor.’ Perhaps the name represents a word in the original best rendered ‘the height,’ referring to the highest part of the town of Ramah.
H. L. Willett.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
sē´kū ( שּׂכוּ , sēkhū ; Codex Vaticanus ἐν τῷ Σεφεί , en tṓ Sepheı́ ; Codex Alexandrinus ἐν Σοκχώ , en Sokchṓ ; the King James Version Sechu ): This name occurs only in the account of David's visit to Samuel ( 1 Samuel 19:22 ). Saul, we are told, went to "Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu," where he inquired after Samuel and David. It evidently lay between the residence of Saul at Gibeah and Ramah. It is impossible to come to any sure conclusion regarding it. Conder suggested its identification with Khirbet Suweikeh , which lies to the South of Bı̄reh . This is possible, but perhaps we should read with the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, "He came to the cistern of the threshing-floor that is on the bare hill" ( en tō Sephei ). The threshing-floors in the East are naturally on high exposed ground where this is possible, and often form part of the area whence water in the rainy season is conducted to cisterns. This might have been a place actually within the city of Ramah.
