Genesis 25:16
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
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2 Chronicles 27:4
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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טִירָה
ṭîyrâh · tee-raw'
3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet
Strong's KJV usage: (goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row.
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Strong's first: Genesis 25:16Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 6:54
Open full H2918 profile →בִּירָנִית
bîyrânîyth · bee-raw-neeth'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a fortress
Strong's KJV usage: castle.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 17:12Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 27:4
Open full H1003 profile →מִגְדָּל
migdâl · mig-dawl'
1 times translated as this KJV form50 total Strong's occurrences
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
Strong's KJV usage: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 27:25Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 27:25
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H2918
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
H2918
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
H2918
Now 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.
H4026
And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
H1003
And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
H1003
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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castle
CASTLE, n.
1. A house fortified for defense against an enemy; a fortress. The term seems to include the house and the walls or other works around it. In old writers, the word is used for a town or village fortified.2. The house or mansion of a nobleman or prince.3. In a ship, there are two parts called by this name; the forecastle, a short deck in the fore part of the ship, above the upper deck; and the hindcastle, at the stern.Castle in the air, a visionary project; a scheme that has no solid foundation.CASTLE, v.t. In the game of chess, to cover the king with a castle, by a certain move.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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