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After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
Read in context →In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
Read in context →10 occurrences in 10 verses.
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matstsâb · mats-tsawb'
a fixed spot; figuratively, an office, a military post
Strong's KJV usage: garrison, station, place where...stood.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 13:23Strong's last: 2 Samuel 23:14
Open full H4673 profile →nᵉtsîyb · nets-eeb'
something stationary, i.e. a prefect, a military post, a statue
Strong's KJV usage: garrison, officer, pillar.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 10:5Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 11:16
Open full H5333 profile →phrouréō · froo-reh'-o
to be a watcher in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect
Strong's KJV usage: :--keep (with a garrison).
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 11:32Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 11:32
Open full G5432 profile →matstsâbâh · mats-tsaw-baw'
a military guard
Strong's KJV usage: army, garrison.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 14:12Strong's last: 1 Samuel 14:12
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In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
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GAR'RISON, noun [English, garnish; warren, and from this root we have warrant and guaranty, as well as guard and regard, all from one source.
1. A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town, to defend it against an enemy, or to keep the inhabitants in subjection.
2. A fort, castle or fortified town, furnished with troops to defend it.
3. The state of being placed in a fortification for its defense; as troops laid in garrison
GAR'RISON, verb transitive To place troops in a fortress for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town.
1. To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.
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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