Strong's Hebrew · H759
H759 ʼarmôwn
אַרְמוֹן
ar-mone'
citadel
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ʼarmôwn appears 31 times in Scripture, including 1 Kings 16:18 and 2 Kings 15:25. 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 citadel (from its height)
In the King James Version
castle, palace. Compare H2038 (הַרְמוֹן).
Derivation
from an unused root (meaning to be elevated);
Appears 31 times in Scripture
“An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.”
“Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.”
“Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.”
“Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.”
“consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.”
“God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.”
“Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.””
“When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died”
“May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.””
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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).
