Çôlᵉlâh — H5550

Definition

feminine noun

a military mound, i.e. rampart of besiegers

1. mound

Usually translated as

mount, bank

Origin

or çôwlᵉlâh; active participle feminine of H5549, but used passively

• Çâlal (H5549)

Greek equivalents

• chárax (G5482)

Occurrences

Çôlᵉlâh occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (4), Daniel (1)

• 2 Samuel 20:15 — And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank (סֹֽלְלָה֙) against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
• 2 Kings 19:32 — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank (סֹלְלָֽה) against it.
• Isaiah 37:33 — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank (סֹלְלָֽה) against it.
• Jeremiah 6:6 — For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount (סֹלְלָ֑ה) against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
• Jeremiah 32:24 — Behold the mounts (הַסֹּלְל֗וֹת), they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
• Jeremiah 33:4 — For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts (הַסֹּלְל֖וֹת), and by the sword;
• Ezekiel 4:2 — And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount (סֹֽלְלָ֑ה) against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
• Ezekiel 17:17 — Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts (סֹלְלָ֖ה), and building forts, to cut off many persons:
• Ezekiel 21:22 — At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount (סֹלְלָ֖ה), and to build a fort.
• Ezekiel 26:8 — He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount (סֹֽלְלָ֔ה) against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
• Daniel 11:15 — So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount (סֽוֹלֲלָ֔ה), and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.