Word

אַרְמוֹן

ʼarmôwn · H759 · Hebrew · 32 occurrences

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PalaceBuildings and Structures103 verses

Meanings

citadel, fortress, stronghold, palace

Building or part of a building that has been fortified to provide additional security; often connected to the palace

Examples
1 Kings 16:18 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over himself with fire, and died,
2 Kings 15:25 Then Pekah the son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king’s house with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites, and he killed him and became king in his place.
2 Chronicles 36:19 Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

25 occurrences in 10 groups

הּher 12
Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 1
נָטַשׁto forsake, to abandon 1
בָּזַזto plunder 1

What is done to itIt is the object

16 occurrences in 7 groups

אָכַלto eat, to devour 10
בָּלַעto swallow 1
עָרַרto raze, to strip 1
פָּסַגto study 1
שָׁחַתto destroy, to corrupt 1
שָׂנֵאto hate 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עִירcity, town 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

9 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with 11
אֵלto, toward 2
עַלon, upon, over, against 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בְּרִיחַcrossbar 1
חוֹמָהwall 1

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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Near synonyms 2 words

מְצַד mᵉtsad · H4679 · prey, victim, (trammel) net: Both lexemes denote fortified structures and genuinely overlap in sense (both can mean "castle"), qualifying as near-synonyms. However, there is a meaningful distinction: מְצַד (mᵉtsad, H4679) emphasizes military fortification/stronghold function, while אַרְמוֹן (ʼarmôwn, H759) encompasses both fortress and palatial residence.
דָּיֵק dâyêq · H1785 · siege wall: Both denote fortified structures of military or defensive architecture.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Fortifications001003002003: אַרְמוֹן names a fortified palace or citadel, as in Zimri's fiery death inside the citadel of the king's house at Tirzah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H759. armon אַרְמוֺן noun masculineIsa 32:14 citadel — ׳א absolute Jer 30:18 +; construct…

H759. armon
אַרְמוֺן noun masculineIsa 32:14 citadel — ׳א absolute Jer 30:18 +; construct Isa 25:2; plural אַרְמְנוֺת absolute Amo 3:9 (twice in verse); construct Amo 1:4 +; אַרְמְנוֺתֵינוּ Mic 5:4 +, etc. — citadel, castle, palace, not used before royal period, mostly in prophets, especially common in Amos & Jeremiah; citadel as securely barred (in simile) Pro 18:19; ׳א הַמֶּלֶךְ בֵּית i.e. the citadel, stronghold 1Ki 16:18, compare 2Ki 15:25; usually more General, of castle, palaces, prominent buildings; especially used in speaking of conquest, because the fine buildings would be especially object of attack & plunder; palaces of Israel Amo 6:8; of Jerusalem Isa 32:14 (singular collective) Lam 2:5, Lam 2:7; 2Ch 36:19; Psa 48:4; Psa 48:14; Psa 122:7 compare Hos 8:14; Mic 5:4; Amo 2:5; Jer 17:27; of Samaria Amo 3:10-11, also Jer 6:5; Jer 9:20 belonging to Benhadad (i.e. Aram) Amo 1:4; Jer 49:27; of Tyre Isa 23:13; Amo 1:10; of Babylon Isa 25:2 (singular collective), compare Isa 13:22 where read אַרְמְנוֺתָיו for אלמנותיו so ᵑ9 ᵑ7 ᵑ6 Che Di (|| היכלים; compare Eze 19:7 according to ᵑ7 and others, but see rather מעון; DlBD xi defends ᵑ0 in Eze 19:7 & compare Assyrian almattu, fortress); of Edom Isa 34:13, of Gaza Amo 1:7, of Rabbah Amo 1:14, of Bozrah Amo 1:12, of Kerioth Amo 2:2, of Ashdod Amo 3:9, of Egypt Amo 3:9.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Fortifications32 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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