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Place Old Testament

Socoh

Also known as Socoh =ESV, KJV; Sokoh =NIV

Socoh, a town allotted to the tribe of Judah in the hill country (Jos. 15:48). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:48.

Why it matters. A town in the hill country of Judah

Primary passages
Location
31.417, 34.967 (approximate, within about 2 km)

Coordinates from STEPBible TIPNR (palopenmaps.org link). Approximate; not independently verified.

Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Socoh

Socoh was a town located in the hill country of Judah, as listed in Joshua 15:48 among the towns allotted to the tribe of Judah.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Record type: Place. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.