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בִּירָה
- Transliteration
- bîyrâh
- Pronunciation
- bee-raw'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 16
Glosses
castle, palace, palace.
Lexicon definition
a castle or palace
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Castle
A military fortress (1 Chr. 11:7), also probably a kind of tower used by the priests for making known anything discovered at a distance (1 Chr. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H1002, H1001, G3925, H0759, H1003
- Hebrew
- בִּירָה · bîyrâh
- Greek
- παρεμβολή · parembolḗ
Strong’s and original-language information
H1002
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
בִּירְתָא
- Transliteration
- bîyrâʼ
- Pronunciation
- bee-raw'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
castle, palace.
Lexicon definition
a palace
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
παρεμβολή
- Transliteration
- parembolḗ
- Language
- Greek
- Indexed occurrences
- 10
Glosses
army, camp, castle
Lexicon definition
a throwing in beside (juxtaposition), i.e. (specially), battle-array, encampment or barracks (tower Antonia)
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
אַרְמוֹן
- Transliteration
- ʼarmôwn
- Pronunciation
- ar-mone'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 32
Glosses
citadel, castle, palace, castle, palace. Compare H2038 (הַרְמוֹן).
Lexicon definition
a citadel (from its height)
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
בִּירָנִית
- Transliteration
- bîyrânîyth
- Pronunciation
- bee-raw-neeth'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 2
Glosses
castle.
Lexicon definition
a fortress
Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Castle
A military fortress (1 Chr. 11:7), also probably a kind of tower used by the priests for making known anything discovered at a distance (1 Chr. 6:54). Castles are also mentioned (Gen. 25:16) as a kind of watch-tower, from which shepherds kept watch over their flocks by night. The "castle" into which the chief captain commanded Paul to be brought was the quarters of the Roman soldiers in the fortress of Antonia (so called by Herod after his patron Mark Antony), which was close to the north-west corner of the temple (Acts 21:34), which it commanded.
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Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Castle
Indexed occurrences: 1
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All Scripture references58 references
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 2
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 3
Esther 10
Psalms 3
Proverbs 1
Isaiah 4
Jeremiah 5
Lamentations 2
Daniel 1
Hosea 1
Amos 11
Micah 1
Mark 1
Luke 1
Acts 2
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
CASTLE
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for CASTLE.
Indexed references: 7
Scripture references:
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Nave's Topical Bible
CASTLES
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for CASTLES.
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Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Antonia
A fortress in Jerusalem, at the north-west corner of the temple area. It is called "the castle" (Acts 21:34, 37). From the stairs of this castle Paul delivered his famous speech to the multitude in the area below (Acts 22:1-21). It was originally a place in which were kept the vestments of the high priest. Herod fortified it, and called it Antonia in honour of his friend Mark Antony. It was of great size, and commanded the temple. It was built on a plateau of rock, separated on the north from the hill Bezetha by a ditch about 30 feet deep and 165 feet wide.
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Castle
A military fortress (1 Chr. 11:7), also probably a kind of tower used by the priests for making known anything discovered at a distance (1 Chr. 6:54). Castles are also mentioned (Gen. 25:16) as a kind of watch-tower, from which shepherds kept watch over their flocks by night. The "castle" into which the chief captain commanded Paul to be brought was the quarters of the Roman soldiers in the fortress of Antonia (so called by Herod after his patron Mark Antony), which was close to the north-west corner of the temple (Acts 21:34), which it commanded.
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David, City of
(1.) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He "dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David" (1 Chr. 11:7). This was the name afterwards given to the castle and royal palace on Mount Zion, as distinguished from Jerusalem generally (1 Kings 3:1; 8:1), It was on the south-west side of Jerusalem, opposite the temple mount, with which it was connected by a bridge over the Tyropoeon valley. (2) Bethlehem is called the "city of David" (Luke 2:4, 11), because it was David's birth-place and early home (1 Sam. 17:12).
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Fenced cities
There were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with castles or towers (1 Chr. 27:25). Cities, so called, had walls, and were thus fenced. The fortifications consisted of one or two walls, on which were towers or parapets at regular intervals (2 Chr. 32:5; Jer. 31:38). Around ancient Jerusalem were three walls, on one of which were ninety towers, on the second fourteen, and on the third sixty. The tower of Hananeel, near the north-east corner of the city wall, is frequently referred to (Neh. 3:1; 12:39; Zech. 14:10). The gateways of such cities were also fortified (Neh. 2:8; 3:3, 6; Judg. 16:2, 3; 1 Sam. 23:7). The Hebrews found many fenced cities when they entered the Promised Land (Num. 13:28; 32:17, 34-42; Josh. 11:12, 13; Judg. 1:27-33), and we may estimate the strength of some of these cities from the fact that they were long held in possession by the Canaanites. The Jebusites, e.g., were enabled to hold possession of Jerusalem till the time of David (2 Sam. 5:6, 7; 1 Chr. 11:5). Several of the kings of Israel and Judah distinguished themselves as fortifiers or "builders" of cities.
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Machaerus
The Black Fortress, was built by Herod the Great in the gorge of Callirhoe, one of the wadies 9 miles east of the Dead Sea, as a frontier rampart against Arab marauders. John the Baptist was probably cast into the prison connected with this castle by Herod Antipas, whom he had reproved for his adulterous marriage with Herodias. Here Herod "made a supper" on his birthday. He was at this time marching against Aretas, king of Perea, to whose daughter he had been married. During the revelry of the banquet held in the border fortress, to please Salome, who danced before him, he sent an executioner, who beheaded John, and "brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel" (Mark 6:14-29). This castle stood "starkly bold and clear" 3,860 feet above the Dead Sea, and 2,546 above the Mediterranean. Its ruins, now called M'khaur, are still visible on the northern end of Jebel Attarus.
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