עֹפֶל
ʻÔphel · H6077 · Hebrew · proper noun · 5 occurrences
Place
Meanings
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Ophel
A fortified hill somewhere on the eastern ridge of Jerusalem, north of the City of David and south of Solomon's temple
Examples2 Chronicles 27:3 He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and he built the wall of Ophel extensively.
2 Chronicles 33:14 Now after this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, up to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. Then he put army commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.
Nehemiah 3:26 Now the temple servants living in Ophel made repairs as far as the front of the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 4
- לto/for 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- חוֹמָהwall 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 4 entries
- Impact002001001024
- עֹפֶל (ʻÔphel, H6077)'s own occurrences give no independent basis for the "Impact" domain beyond what is recorded for its bundle partner; that classification is bundle-shared with עֹפֶל (ʻôphel, H6076) in the source data and is not independently confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
- Landforms001002003
- עֹפֶל (ʻÔphel, H6077)'s own occurrences give no independent basis for the "Landforms" domain beyond what is recorded for its bundle partner; that classification is bundle-shared with עֹפֶל (ʻôphel, H6076) in the source data and is not independently confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
- Fortifications001003002003
- עֹפֶל (Ophel) is a place name, the fortified hill/quarter of Jerusalem, illustrated at 2 Chronicles 27:3 ("he built the wall of Ophel extensively") and Nehemiah 3:26-27 ("the temple servants living in Ophel").
- Names of Landforms003001008
- עֹפֶל (Ophel) as a place name is itself a Landform name, the fortified hill of Jerusalem, illustrated at the same occurrences as its Fortifications domain above (2 Chronicles 27:3, Nehemiah 3:26-27).
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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