Armon אַרְמוֹן

Armon (Hebrew אַרְמוֹן, Strong's H759) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “citadel: fortress”. It occurs 32 times in 31 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H0759H: citadel: fortress

H0759G: citadel: palace

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Armon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 16:18
  And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 15:25
  But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 36:19
  And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

Psalms

• Psalm 48:3
  God is known in her palaces for a refuge.God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
• Psalm 48:13
  Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
• Psalm 122:7
  Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

Proverbs

• Proverbs 18:19
  A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 23:13
  Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.Look at the land of the Chaldeans— a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
• Isaiah 25:2
  For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
• Isaiah 32:14
  Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
• Isaiah 34:13
  And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 6:5
  Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
• Jeremiah 9:21
  For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
• Jeremiah 17:27
  But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
• Jeremiah 30:18
  Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
• Jeremiah 49:27
  And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben–hadad.“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”

Lamentations

• Lamentations 2:5
  The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
• Lamentations 2:7
  The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.

Hosea

• Hosea 8:14
  For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

Amos

• Amos 1:4
  But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben–hadad.So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.
• Amos 1:7
  But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.
• Amos 1:10
  But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”
• Amos 1:12
  But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
• Amos 1:14
  But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.
• Amos 2:2
  But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
• Amos 2:5
  But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
• Amos 3:9
  Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
• Amos 3:10
  For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
• Amos 3:11
  Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”
• Amos 6:8
  The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

Micah

• Micah 5:5
  And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).