Bible Names

Hachilah: meaning of the name

Hachilah means “my hope is in her.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Hachilah in Hebrew and Greek

חֲכִילָה H2444

Chăkîylâh (khak-ee-law') — Chakilah, a hill in Palestine

from the same as H2447 (חַכְלִיל); dark;

Places named Hachilah

Hachilah in Scripture

“Hachilah” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Samuel 23:19

    Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

  • 1 Samuel 26:1

    And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?

  • 1 Samuel 26:3

    And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.