Tirah טִירָה
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| טִירָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tirah |
| Strong's number | H2918 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | encampment |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (2) |
Tirah (Hebrew טִירָה, Strong's H2918) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “encampment”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) encampment, battlement
1a) encampment, tent camp
1b) walled dwelling places, battlement (metaph.)
1c) row (of stones)
1a) encampment, tent camp
1b) walled dwelling places, battlement (metaph.)
1c) row (of stones)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | castles (3), habitation (1), palace (1), palaces (1), rows (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | encampments (1), their encampments (1), their place (1), tower (1), their camps (1), walls (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tirah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 25:16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
Numbers
- Numbers 31:10And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 6:54Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:
Psalms
- Psalm 69:25Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 8:9If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 25:4Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
- Ezekiel 46:23And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.Around the inside of each of the four courts was a row of masonry with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).