Strong's Hebrew · H2918
H2918 ṭîyrâh
טִירָה
tee-raw'
encampment
Looking for Greek G2918 krínon? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H2918. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
ṭîyrâh appears 7 times in Scripture, in Genesis, Numbers, 1 Chronicles, Psalms, Song of Solomon and Ezekiel. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet
In the King James Version
(goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row.
Derivation
feminine of (an equivalent to) H2905 (טוּר);
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,”
“May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.”
“therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.”
“These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.”
“If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.”
“Around the inside of each of the four courts was a row of masonry with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides.”
“Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
