Bible Dictionary

Dophkah

The name Dophkah means “a knocking”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Knocking, an encampment of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:12). It was in the desert of Sin, on the eastern shore of the western arm of the Red Sea, somewhere in the Wady Feiran.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(cattle-driving), a place mentioned (Numbers 33:12) as a station in the desert where the Israelites encamped. [Wilderness Of The Wandering OF THE Wandering In The Wilderness]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

dof'-ka (dophqah, "drover"): A desert camp of the Israelites, the first after leaving the wilderness of Sin (Nu 33:12,13). See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL.