Words the Bible translates as castle
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- parembolēπαρεμβολήa military encampment: the guarded quarters where an armed force is housed, and by extension the force camped there
- armonאַרְמוֹןa fortified great house: the citadel or palace of a king or the powerful, at once a grand residence and a defensible stronghold
- tirahטִירָהan encampment: the cluster of tents and animal pens a clan lives in, and by extension the area a clan settles in.
+1 more meaning
- built stonework that runs around a structure: a course of masonry, or a turret raised on top of a wall.
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