International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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."