Bible Names

Succoth: meaning of the name

Succoth means “tents; tabernacles.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Succoth in Hebrew and Greek

סֻכּוֹת H5523

Çukkôwth (sook-kohth') — Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine

or סֻכֹּת; plural of H5521 (סֻכָּה); booths;

Places named Succoth

Succoth in Scripture

“Succoth” appears in 17 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 33:17

    And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

  • Exodus 12:37

    And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

  • Exodus 13:20

    And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

  • Numbers 33:5

    And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.

  • Numbers 33:6

    And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

  • Joshua 13:27

    And in the valley, Beth–aram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

  • Judges 8:5

    And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

  • Judges 8:6

    And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?