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Lexicon :: Strong's H759 - 'armôn

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אַרְמוֹן
Transliteration
'armôn
Pronunciation
ar-mone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (meaning to be elevated)
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TWOT Reference: 164a

Strong’s Definitions

אַרְמוֹן ʼarmôwn, ar-mone'; from an unused root (meaning to be elevated); a citadel (from its height):—castle, palace. Compare H2038.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H759 in the following manner: palace (31x), castle (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H759 in the following manner: palace (31x), castle (1x).

  1. citadel, palace, fortress

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַרְמוֹן ʼarmôwn, ar-mone'; from an unused root (meaning to be elevated); a citadel (from its height):—castle, palace. Compare H2038.
STRONGS H759: Abbreviations
† אַרְמוֺן noun masculineIsaiah 32:14 citadel — א׳ absolute Jeremiah 30:18 +; construct Isaiah 25:2; plural אַרְמְנוֺת absolute Amos 3:9 (twice in verse); construct Amos 1:4 +; אַרְמְנוֺתֵינוּ Micah 5:4 +, etc. — citadel, castle, palace, not used before royal period, mostly in prophets, especially common in Amos & Jeremiah; citadel as securely barred (in simile) Proverbs 18:19; בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ א׳ i.e. the citadel, stronghold 1 Kings 16:18, compare 2 Kings 15:25; usually more general, of castle, palaces, prominent buildings; especially used in speaking of conquest, because the fine buildings would be especially object of attack & plunder; palaces of Israel Amos 6:8; of Jerusalem Isaiah 32:14 (singular collective) Lamentations 2:5, 7; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Psalm 48:4; Psalm 48:14; Psalm 122:7 compare Hosea 8:14; Micah 5:4; Amos 2:5; Jeremiah 17:27; of Samaria Amos 3:10, 11; also Jeremiah 6:5; Jeremiah 9:20 belonging to Benhadad (i.e. Aram) Amos 1:4; Jeremiah 49:27; of Tyre Isaiah 23:13; Amos 1:10; of Babylon Isaiah 25:2 (singular collective), compare Isaiah 13:22 where read אַרְמְנוֺתָיו for אלמנותיו so Syriac Version Targum Vulgate Che Di (|| היכלים; compare Ezekiel 19:7 according to Targum and others, but see rather H4583 מעון; DlBD xi defends MT in Ezekiel 19:7 & compare Assyrian almattu, fortress); of Edom Isaiah 34:13, of Gaza Amos 1:7, of Rabbah Amos 1:14, of Bozrah Amos 1:12, of Kerioth Amos 2:2, of Ashdod Amos 3:9, of Egypt Amos 3:9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

16:18

2 Kings

15:25

2 Chronicles

36:19

Psalms

48:4; 48:14; 122:7

Proverbs

18:19

Isaiah

13:22; 23:13; 25:2; 25:2; 32:14; 32:14; 34:13

Jeremiah

6:5; 9:20; 17:27; 30:18; 49:27

Lamentations

2:5; 2:7

Ezekiel

19:7; 19:7

Hosea

8:14

Amos

1:4; 1:4; 1:7; 1:10; 1:12; 1:14; 2:2; 2:5; 3:9; 3:9; 3:9; 3:10; 3:11; 6:8

Micah

5:4; 5:4

H759

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H759 matches the Hebrew אַרְמוֹן ('armôn),
which occurs 32 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire and died,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:25 - And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him with fifty men of the people of Gilead, and struck him down in Samaria, in the citadel of the king’s house with Argob and Arieh; he put him to death and reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - And they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its precious vessels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:3 - Within her citadels God
has made himself known as a fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:13 - consider well her ramparts,
go through her citadels,
that you may tell the next generation

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:7 - Peace be within your walls
and security within your towers!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:19 - A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,
and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans! This is the people that was not;[fn] Assyria destined it for wild beasts. They erected their siege towers, they stripped her palaces bare, they made her a ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - For you have made the city a heap,
the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners’ palace is a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - For the palace is forsaken,
the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
will become dens forever,
a joy of wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of jackals,
an abode for ostriches.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:5 - Arise, and let us attack by night
and destroy her palaces!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 - For death has come up into our windows;
it has entered our palaces,
cutting off the children from the streets
and the young men from the squares.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:27 - But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - “Thus says the LORD:
Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city shall be rebuilt on its mound,
and the palace shall stand where it used to be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:27 - And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - The Lord has become like an enemy;
he has swallowed up Israel;
he has swallowed up all its palaces;
he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
mourning and lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:7 - The Lord has scorned his altar,
disowned his sanctuary;
he has delivered into the hand of the enemy
the walls of her palaces;
they raised a clamor in the house of the LORD
as on the day of festival.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - For Israel has forgotten his Maker
and built palaces,
and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:4 - So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:7 - So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,
and it shall devour her strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:10 - So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:12 - So I will send a fire upon Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:14 - So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,
and it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:2 - So I will send a fire upon Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:5 - So I will send a fire upon Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:9 - Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod
and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,
and see the great tumults within her,
and the oppressed in her midst.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:10 - “They do not know how to do right,” declares the LORD,
“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:11 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
“An adversary shall surround the land
and bring down[fn] your defenses from you,
and your strongholds shall be plundered.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 - The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, declares the LORD, the God of hosts:
“I abhor the pride of Jacob
and hate his strongholds,
and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:5 - And he shall be their peace.
When the Assyrian comes into our land
and treads in our palaces,
then we will raise against him seven shepherds
and eight princes of men;
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