BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8121
she.mesh — sun
1) sun 1a) sun 1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction) 1c) sun (as object of illicit worship) 1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases) 1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)
122 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2128
ziph — Ziph
§ Ziph = "battlement" a city in southern Judah, between Ithnan and Telem
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2918
ti.rah — encampment
1) encampment, battlement 1a) encampment, tent camp 1b) walled dwelling places, battlement (metaph.) 1c) row (of stones)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4419
pterugion — pinnacle
πτερύγιον, -ου, -τό (dimin. of πτέρυξ), [in LXX chiefly for כָּנָף ;] 1. a little wing. 2. Anything like a wing, as a turret, battlement: τ. ἱεροῦ, Mat.4:5, Luk.4:9.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2129
zi.phah — Ziphah
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.16; son of: Jehallelel (H3094); brother of: Ziph (H2128J), Tiria (H8493) and Asarel (H0840) § Ziphah = "battlement" a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah, and brother of Ziph
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7360
epalxis — a parapet
1. a means of defence : in plural battlements , (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;in singular the battlements, parapet , (Iliad by Homer) 2. generally, a defence, protection , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8901
promachōn — a battlement
a battlement
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A parapet wall or balustrade surrounding the flat roofs of the houses, required to be built by a special law (Deut. 22:8). In Jer. 5:10, it denotes the parapet of a city wall.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
