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    Rakkon

    רַקּוֹן

    Rakkon was a town mentioned in the description of the territory allocated to the tribe of Dan in the Promised Land.

    Where the story of Rakkon happens Where the gazetteer locates Rakkon, framed to them: Rakkon. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Rakkon
    Where the gazetteer locates Rakkon
    verses
    1
    first named
    Joshua 19:46
    feature
    river
    coordinates
    32.13°N · 34.79°E
    identified with
    Tell er Reqqeit (OpenBible)
    river32.13°N · 34.79°E

    Tell er Reqqeit (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 4 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Rakkon in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Rakkon is mentioned only once in the Bible, in the context of the territory allocated to the tribe of Dan during the division of the Promised Land (Josh. 19:46). It is listed along with the nearby city of Joppa (modern-day Jaffa) and other towns in the region. The exact location of Rakkon is uncertain, but it is believed to have been situated in the coastal plain of Canaan, near the Mediterranean Sea. The name "Rakkon" is thought to be derived from the Hebrew word "raqq," meaning "thin" or "shallow," possibly referring to the characteristics of the nearby water or land. The mention of Rakkon in the description of Dan's territory highlights the allocation of specific towns and cities to each of the twelve tribes of Israel, fulfilling God's promise to give them the land of Canaan as an inheritance. Although no further details about Rakkon are provided in the Bible, its inclusion in the list of Dan's towns serves to emphasize the orderly division of the land and the establishment of the tribes in their designated areas.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends of an edge always agree. Neither end of one reaches this entity.

    Not stated

    Nothing stands in a stated relation with this entity.

    The pattern

    Where Rakkon is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKSJOSHUA1 VERSE60 books and 978 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKSJOSHUA1 VERSE60 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Rakkon is named in 1 verse — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 65 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. Joshua1 verse

      19:46

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereTerritory of JudahOne of the most connected entities of this type.ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.

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