Bible Dictionary: Forts

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Greek

3794. ochuroma -- a stronghold, fortress
... In its use here there may lie a reminiscence of the rock-forts on the coast of Paul's
native Cilicia, which were pulled down by the Romans in their attacks on ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3794.htm - 7k

Library

What the Ruler's Discrimination Should be Between Correction and ...
... thee, and pourtray upon it the city Jerusalem (Ezekiel 4:1). And immediately it
is subjoined, And thou shalt lay siege against it, and build forts, and cast a ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter x what the rulers.htm

The Child Moses.
... to the throne, who was afraid of their numbers, and made slaves of them all, forcing
them to make bricks and build for him great walls, forts, and buildings of ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/the child moses.htm

In Jericho and at Bethany - Jericho - a Guest with Zacchæus - the ...
... [5001] These forts were afterwards destroyed by Pompey in his campaign. ... We are
approaching it from the Jordan. It is protected by walls, flanked by four forts. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxiv in jericho and.htm

The Fort Sumter Expedition
... last act of duty of my life for my country." (He died soon after.) As he slowly
raised the flag over the ruined walls of the fort, from Forts Moultrie, Ripley ...
/.../griswold/sixty years with plymouth church/the fort sumter expedition.htm

The Life of Sir Thomas Browne.
... by promises, he quitted his settlement, and accompanied his father-in-law, [6] who
had some employment in Ireland, in a visitation of the forts and castles ...
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Six Cities
... Recent travellers describe its ruins as still standing on a rocky ridge in the midst
of green hills, surrounded with the remains of forts and castles built by ...
/.../macduff/the cities of refuge or the name of jesus/ii six cities.htm

The Story of Benjamin.
... Having crossed many a weary mile of yellow sand and barren rock, they were stopped
by a high wall set with forts and gates guarded by soldiers; and they had to ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/the story of benjamin.htm

England's Strength
... for the art of war, and their power of taking walled towns like Jerusalem, you may
see them in these pictures battering down and undermining forts and castles ...
/.../kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon xiv englands strength.htm

Ezekiel's Discourse
... rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to
set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounts, to build forts. ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/vi ezekiels discourse.htm

Thanksgiving for the Declaration of Peace.
... What could this lesson ever Grave on our hearts so solemnly, As forts laid low for
ever, And towns that now in ruins lie: As fair and fertile meadows That wav ...
/.../gerhardt/paul gerhardts spiritual songs/thanksgiving for the declaration of.htm

Thesaurus

Forts (12 Occurrences)
...Forts (12 Occurrences). ... Isaiah 29:3 And I will camp against thee round about, and
will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. ...
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Zedekiah's (6 Occurrences)
... day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army,
against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it ...
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Mounds (7 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 17:17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help
him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many ...
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Mound (17 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 4:2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a
mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against ...
/m/mound.htm - 12k

Battering (6 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 4:2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a
mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against ...
/b/battering.htm - 8k

Siegeworks (8 Occurrences)
... day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army,
against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it ...
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Erect (17 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 4:2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a
mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against ...
/e/erect.htm - 12k

Ninth (35 Occurrences)
... day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army,
against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it ...
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Marched (51 Occurrences)
... day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army,
against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it ...
/m/marched.htm - 21k

Siege (63 Occurrences)
... (2) Line of Circumvallation: There was next the drawing of a line of
circumvallation (day'eq) with detached forts round about the walls. ...
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Bible Concordance

Forts (12 Occurrences)

2 Kings 25:1 It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it around it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

2 Chronicles 17:12 Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 27:4 Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forest he built castles and towers.
(See RSV NIV)

Isaiah 29:3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 32:14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
(KJV WBS)

Jeremiah 52:4 It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Ezekiel 4:2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY)

Ezekiel 17:17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 21:22 In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Ezekiel 26:8 He shall kill your daughters in the field with the sword; and he shall make forts against you, and cast up a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY)

Ezekiel 33:27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
(KJV WBS)

Nahum 3:14 Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Forts

Related Terms

Zedekiah's (6 Occurrences)

Mounds (7 Occurrences)

Mound (17 Occurrences)

Battering (6 Occurrences)

Siegeworks (8 Occurrences)

Erect (17 Occurrences)

Ninth (35 Occurrences)

Marched (51 Occurrences)