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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These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
Read in context →Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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ṭîyrâh · tee-raw'
a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet
Strong's KJV usage: (goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row.
Strong's first: Genesis 25:16Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 6:54
Open full H2918 profile →bîyrânîyth · bee-raw-neeth'
a fortress
Strong's KJV usage: castle.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 17:12Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 27:4
Open full H1003 profile →migdâl · mig-dawl'
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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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.
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:
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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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