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KARKA

kar'-ka (ha-qarqa`ah--with the article and locale; the King James Version Karkaa): A place in the South of Judah, between Addar and Wady el-`Arish (Joshua 15:3). Eusebius, Onomasticon speaks of a village in Judah lying toward the wilderness, named Akarka. It cannot now be identified. The name means "the pavement,"' or "ground."

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.