Strong’s H6076 · Hebrew
עֹפֶל
ʻôphel · o'-fel
Origin from עָפַל (H6075);
Meaning a tumor; also a mound, i.e. fortress
In the King James Version emerod, fort, strong hold, tower.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Kings 5:24And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
- Isaiah 32:14Because 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;
- Micah 4:8And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.