Fortress (75 Occurrences)

... 2. (vt) To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fortress.htm - 60k

Millo (9 Occurrences)

... reads Bethmaalon, also Maalon and oikos Maallon): 1. Old Testament References It is generally supposed that "The Millo" was some kind of fortress or other ... biblethesaurus.org/m/millo.htm - 14k

Stronghold (68 Occurrences)

... (n.) A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortified place; a place of security. Int. ... (See NAS). Psalms 62:6 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stronghold.htm - 25k

Kir-haraseth (1 Occurrence)

... Built fortress, a city and fortress of Moab, the modern Kerak, a small town on the brow of a steep hill about 6 miles from Rabbath-Moab and 10 miles from the ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kir-haraseth.htm - 8k

Kirharaseth (1 Occurrence)

... Built fortress, a city and fortress of Moab, the modern Kerak, a small town on the brow of a steep hill about 6 miles from Rabbath-Moab and 10 miles from the ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kirharaseth.htm - 8k

Misgab (1 Occurrence)

... Height, a town of Moab, or simply, the height=the citadel, some fortress so called; or perhaps a general name for the highlands of Moab, as some think ... biblethesaurus.org/m/misgab.htm - 7k

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 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/machaerus.htm - 9k

Castle (26 Occurrences)

... A military fortress (1 Chronicles 11:7), also probably a kind of tower used by the priests for making known anything discovered at a distance (1 Chronicles 6:54 ... biblethesaurus.org/c/castle.htm - 15k

Deliverer (29 Occurrences)

... 2 Samuel 22:2 and he said, "Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deliverer.htm - 15k

Kir (11 Occurrences)

... A wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; 9:7). Isaiah ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kir.htm - 17k

Fortification (5 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle. Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fortification.htm - 40k

Fort (8 Occurrences)

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS. ... (3) ma`oz, "fortress," "stronghold" (Judges 6:26 Psalm 31:2 Daniel 11:39). ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fort.htm - 41k

Jericho (59 Occurrences)

... It was the most important city in the Jordan valley (Numbers 22:1; 34:15), and the strongest fortress in all the land of Canaan. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jericho.htm - 38k

Gazara

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia GAZARA. ga-za'-ra (Gazara, Gazera): A fortress of great strength in Judea, which figures often in the Maccabean wars. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gazara.htm - 7k

Geba (22 Occurrences)

... (2) (Gaibai): Between a fortress so named and Scythopolis (Beisan), Holofernes pitched his camp (Judith 3:10). On the high road ... biblethesaurus.org/g/geba.htm - 17k

Cities (427 Occurrences)

... FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS. for ... Pss). (3) ma`oz, "fortress," "stronghold" (Judges 6:26 Psalm 31:2 Daniel 11:39). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cities.htm - 91k

Residence (7 Occurrences)

... (DBY). 2 Samuel 5:9 And David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it -- City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward, (See NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/residence.htm - 8k

Etham (4 Occurrences)

... Perhaps another name for Khetam, or "fortress," on the Shur or great wall of Egypt, which extended from the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Suez. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/etham.htm - 9k

Dok

... dok (Dok, Dagon): A small fortress, "little stronghold" near Jericho (1 Maccabees 16:15), built by Ptolemy, son of Abubus, where he entertained and murdered ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dok.htm - 7k

Defences (3 Occurrences)

... (ASV). Isaiah 25:12 And the fortress of the high defences of thy walls will he bring down, lay low, bring to the ground, into the dust. (DBY). ... biblethesaurus.org/d/defences.htm - 7k

Mibzar (2 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Fortress, one of the Edomitish "dukes" descended from Esau (Genesis 36:42; 1 Chronicles 1:53). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mibzar.htm - 7k

Parallel (6 Occurrences)

... (n.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/parallel.htm - 10k

Pihahiroth (4 Occurrences)

... 2, 9), how long is uncertain. Some have identified it with Ajrud, a fortress between Etham and Suez. The condition of the Isthmus ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pihahiroth.htm - 10k

Palace (194 Occurrences)

... In the Authorized Version there are many different words so rendered, presenting different ideas, such as that of citadel or lofty fortress or royal residence ... biblethesaurus.org/p/palace.htm - 40k

Pi-hahiroth (4 Occurrences)

... 2, 9), how long is uncertain. Some have identified it with Ajrud, a fortress between Etham and Suez. The condition of the Isthmus ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pi-hahiroth.htm - 10k

Chaereas

... Chaireas; the King James Version Chereas): Brother of Timotheus, the Ammonite leader against Judas Maccabeus (1 Maccabees 5:6). He held the fortress of Gazara ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaereas.htm - 6k

Captureth (24 Occurrences)

... and he saith, 'No;' (YLT). 2 Samuel 5:7 And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it 'is' the city of David. (YLT). 2 Samuel 8:4 and ... biblethesaurus.org/c/captureth.htm - 13k

Chiliarch (17 Occurrences)

... (DBY). Acts 21:37 But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul says to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say something to thee? ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chiliarch.htm - 11k

Arbela

... A series of these caves, skillfully adapted to purposes of refuge and defense, is still known as Qal`at ibn Ma`an, "fortress of the son of Ma`an." On the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arbela.htm - 9k

Sanballat (10 Occurrences)

... of this letter reads as follows: "To our lord Bagohi, the governor of Judea, his servants Jedoniah and his companions, the priests in the fortress of Yeb ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sanballat.htm - 14k

Shoe (13 Occurrences)

... The word so rendered (AV) in Deuteronomy 33:25, min'al, "a bar," is derived from a root meaning "to bolt" or "shut fast," and hence a fastness or fortress. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shoe.htm - 18k

Acco (2 Occurrences)

... It was, like Tyre and Sidon, too strong for them to attack and it became indeed a fortress of unusual strength, so that it many a siege, often baffling its ... biblethesaurus.org/a/acco.htm - 13k

Mahanaim (15 Occurrences)

... To this same fortress David fled when endangered by the rebellion of Absalom; and in the "forest" hard by, that prince met his fate (2 Samuel 17:24, etc.). ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mahanaim.htm - 18k

Refuge (111 Occurrences)

... (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV). 2 Samuel 22:33 God is my strong fortress. ... Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. (WEB RSV NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/refuge.htm - 41k

Cambyses

... In papyrus I, we are told that when Cambyses came to Egypt he found in the fortress of Yeb (Elephantine) a temple or synagogue ('agora'), which had been built ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cambyses.htm - 12k

Hammurabi

... by other religious duties-indeed, work of this nature would seem to have occupied him every year until his 21st, when he built the fortress or fortification of ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hammurabi.htm - 47k

Ophel (6 Occurrences)

... Recently Dr. Burney (PEF, January, 1911) has produced strong arguments in favor of Ophel, when used as the name of a locality, meaning "fortress." 2. Three ... biblethesaurus.org/o/ophel.htm - 14k

Tabor (12 Occurrences)

... In the time of Antiochus the Great, 218 BC, we find a fortress here, which that king took by stratagem, Atabyrion by name (Polyb. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tabor.htm - 21k

Prison (131 Occurrences)

... were bound" (Genesis 39:20-23). The Hebrews word here used (sohar) means properly a round tower or fortress. It seems to have been ... biblethesaurus.org/p/prison.htm - 52k

Siege (63 Occurrences)

... Version and the English Revised Version (matsor) in Nahum 1:1 disappears in the American Standard Revised Version and is replaced by "fortress." (3) Mound or ... biblethesaurus.org/s/siege.htm - 51k

Judith (1 Occurrence)

... She obtains consent to leave the fortress in the dead of night, accompanied by her maidservant, in order to join the Assyrian camp. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judith.htm - 27k

Lachish (22 Occurrences)

... in Egypt (Isaiah 20:5, 6; Isaiah 30:1-5; 31:1), and as Lachish was the place where communication was held with Egypt, being a frontier fortress, perhaps even ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lachish.htm - 22k

Shaken (62 Occurrences)

... Psalms 62:2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress-- I will never be greatly shaken. ... Psalms 62:6 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shaken.htm - 24k

Fortified (79 Occurrences)

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS. ... (3) ma`oz, "fortress," "stronghold" (Judges 6:26 Psalm 31:2 Daniel 11:39). ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fortified.htm - 63k

Moab (162 Occurrences)

... W. Ewing. KIR OF MOAB. (qir moa'-abh; Septuagint has to teichos, "the wall," "fortress"): 1. Identification: The name, at least in this form, appears only once ... biblethesaurus.org/m/moab.htm - 62k

Fortresses (45 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Fortress. Multi-Version Concordance Fortresses (45 Occurrences). 2 Corinthians 10:4 The ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fortresses.htm - 19k

Territory (140 Occurrences)

... and easier gradient, is the great Vale of Elah (Wady es Cunt), to guard the highest parts of which (now the Wady es Cur) was built the powerful fortress of Beth ... biblethesaurus.org/t/territory.htm - 56k

Station (78 Occurrences)

... still. (YLT). 2 Samuel 23:14 and David 'is' then in a fortress, and the station of the Philistines 'is' then in Beth-Lehem, (YLT). 1 ... biblethesaurus.org/s/station.htm - 33k

Shield (65 Occurrences)

... Psalms 18:2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shield.htm - 28k

Mount (311 Occurrences)

... The importance of the mountain from a military point of view is illustrated by the ruins of a massive fortress found on the summit. W. Ewing. EPHRAIM, MOUNT. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mount.htm - 68k

Rock (176 Occurrences)

... For thou art my rock (tsela) and my fortress" (Psalm 31:2, 3). "He clave rocks (tsur) in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rock.htm - 49k

Captured (143 Occurrences)

... spoil." (See NAS RSV). 2 Samuel 5:7 And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it 'is' the city of David. (See NAS NIV). 2 Samuel 8 ... biblethesaurus.org/c/captured.htm - 36k

Tower (74 Occurrences)

... rest of the edifice; as, a church tower. 4. (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense. 5. (n.) A headdress of a high or tower ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tower.htm - 52k

Dwelleth (142 Occurrences)

... 2 Samuel 5:9 And David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it -- City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward, (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dwelleth.htm - 35k

Victorious (17 Occurrences)

... Daniel 11:7 But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the ... biblethesaurus.org/v/victorious.htm - 11k

Zereda (1 Occurrence)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary The fortress, a city on the north of Mount Ephraim; the birthplace of Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26). It is ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zereda.htm - 7k

Zoan (7 Occurrences)

... 13:10) is a clerical error for Zoan, but the Septuagint reading (Zogora) does not favor this view, and the place intended is probably the fortress Zar, or Zor ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zoan.htm - 17k

Kadesh (30 Occurrences)

... on the stone, with a bold execution of the several parts, the procession of the warriors, the battle before Kadesh, the storming of the fortress, the overthrow ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kadesh.htm - 21k

Keep (4573 Occurrences)

... 25. (n.) That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of ... biblethesaurus.org/k/keep.htm - 9k

Keros (2 Occurrences)

... KEROS. ke'-ros (qeroc, "fortress"(?)) One of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:44 Nehemiah 7:47), an order appointed to the liturgical offices of the temple. See NETHINIM. ... biblethesaurus.org/k/keros.htm - 7k

Name's (31 Occurrences)

... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Psalms 31:3 For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/name's.htm - 15k

Jokneam (5 Occurrences)

... It stands about 300 ft. above the valley to the North of it, and the sides are steep. It is crowned by the ruins of an 18th-century fortress. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jokneam.htm - 9k

Jebusi (2 Occurrences)

... 11:3). Their capital "Jebus" was taken by the men of Judah and burned with fire (Judges 18), but they regained possession of, and held, the fortress till the ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jebusi.htm - 11k

Jashobeam (3 Occurrences)

... of the three mighty men who broke through the ranks of the Philistines, and brought water from the well of Bethlehem to David on the hill-fortress of Adullam ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jashobeam.htm - 10k

Jabbok (7 Occurrences)

... "The scenery along its banks is probably the most picturesque in Palestine; and the ruins of town and village and fortress which stud the surrounding mountain ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jabbok.htm - 11k

Judgment (430 Occurrences)

... Comp. Acts 23:35). Pilate's official residence when he was in Jerusalem was probably a part of the fortress of Antonia. The trial ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judgment.htm - 52k

Joktheel (2 Occurrences)

... to him that he acknowledged that it could have been achieved only by the special help of God, and therefore he called Selah (qv), their great fortress city, by ... biblethesaurus.org/j/joktheel.htm - 8k

Jabneh (1 Occurrence)

... When Judas Maccabeus defeated Gorgias and the Syrians he pursued them to the plains of Jabneel, but did not take the fortress (1 Maccabees 4:15). ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jabneh.htm - 10k

Joab (128 Occurrences)

... He afterwards led the assault at the storming of the fortress on Mount Zion, and for this service was raised to the rank of "prince of the king's army" (2 ... biblethesaurus.org/j/joab.htm - 53k

Jebus (5 Occurrences)

... 11:3). Their capital "Jebus" was taken by the men of Judah and burned with fire (Judges 18), but they regained possession of, and held, the fortress till the ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jebus.htm - 13k

Jabneel (2 Occurrences)

... When Judas Maccabeus defeated Gorgias and the Syrians he pursued them to the plains of Jabneel, but did not take the fortress (1 Maccabees 4:15). ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jabneel.htm - 11k

Jebusite (39 Occurrences)

... 11:3). Their capital "Jebus" was taken by the men of Judah and burned with fire (Judges 18), but they regained possession of, and held, the fortress till the ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jebusite.htm - 25k

Babel (3 Occurrences)

... Alexander desired to make it again a great center and to build an immense fortress in the city; but in the midst of this undertaking he was murdered, while ... biblethesaurus.org/b/babel.htm - 63k

Lodgeth (13 Occurrences)

... And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth. (YLT). Job 39:28 A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress. (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lodgeth.htm - 9k

Leadeth (42 Occurrences)

... 1 Samuel 22:4 and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress. (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/l/leadeth.htm - 18k

Lodges (14 Occurrences)

... remains with myself. (See NAS). Job 39:28 A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress. (See NAS). Job 41 ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lodges.htm - 10k

Letteth (11 Occurrences)

... spittle unto his beard. (YLT). 2 Samuel 22:33 God is my strong fortress; And he guideth the perfect in his way. (See JPS). 2 Kings 10 ... biblethesaurus.org/l/letteth.htm - 9k

Guideth (6 Occurrences)

... Multi-Version Concordance Guideth (6 Occurrences). 2 Samuel 22:33 God is my strong fortress; And he guideth the perfect in his way. (ASV). ... biblethesaurus.org/g/guideth.htm - 7k

Gazera

... GAZERA. ga-ze'-ra (Gazera): (1) A fortress of Judea (APC 1Macc 4:15; 7:45); in the Revised Version (British and American) always GAZARA (which see). ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gazera.htm - 6k

Gabbatha (1 Occurrence)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Gab Baitha, ie, "the ridge of the house" = "the temple-mound," on a part of which the fortress of Antonia was built. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gabbatha.htm - 8k