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Lexicon :: Strong's H2918 - ṭîrâ

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טִירָה
Transliteration
ṭîrâ
Pronunciation
tee-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From (an equivalent to) טוּר (H2905)
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TWOT Reference: 798b

Strong’s Definitions

טִירָה ṭîyrâh, tee-raw'; feminine of (an equivalent to) H2905; a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet:—(goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2918 in the following manner: castle (3x), palace (2x), row (1x), habitation (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2918 in the following manner: castle (3x), palace (2x), row (1x), habitation (1x).

  1. encampment, battlement

    1. encampment, tent camp

    2. walled dwelling places, battlement (metaph.)

    3. row (of stones)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טִירָה ṭîyrâh, tee-raw'; feminine of (an equivalent to) H2905; a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet:—(goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row.
STRONGS H2918: Abbreviations
† [טִירָה] noun feminine encampment, battlement (from idea of surrounding, enclosure; Syriac bdb037703 sheepfold, ἔπαυλις) — construct טִירַת Songs 8:9; טִירָתָם Psalm 69:25; plural טִירוֺת Ezekiel 46:23; suffix טִירֹתָם Numbers 31:10; Genesis 25:16; טִירוֺתָם 1 Chronicles 6:39; טִירוֺתֵיהֶם Ezekiel 25:4; —
1. encampment, especially of circular encampment of nomad tribes, mentioned with חצר Genesis 25:16; with ערים Numbers 31:10; Ezekiel 25:4 (|| מִשׁכניהם); encampment (poetry) = habitation Psalm 69:26 (|| אהליהם); more generally, 1 Chronicles 6:39 (|| מושׁבות).
2. in metaphor כָּ֑סֶף ט׳ Songs 8:9 a battlement of silver.
3. row of stones, only plural טִירוֺת Ezekiel 46:23, virtually plural of טוּר 1, which see.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:16; 25:16

Numbers

31:10; 31:10

1 Chronicles

6:39; 6:39

Psalms

69:25; 69:26

Song of Songs

8:9; 8:9

Ezekiel

25:4; 25:4; 46:23; 46:23

H2918

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2918 matches the Hebrew טִירָה (ṭîrâ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:10 - and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54 - And these are their dwellings, throughout their towers, in their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathite, for theirs was the lot;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:25 - Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - If she is a wall, we build by her a palace of silver. And if she is a door, We fashion by her board-work of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - Therefore, lo, I am giving thee to sons of the east for a possession, And they set their towers in thee, And have placed in thee their tabernacles. They eat thy fruit, and they drink thy milk,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:23 - And a row is round about in them, round about to them four, and made with boilers under the rows round about.
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