ʻôphel — H6076

Definition

masculine noun

a tumor; also a mound, i.e. fortress

1. hill, mound, fort, stronghold, Ophel
2. tumour, hemorrhoid

Usually translated as

tower, emerod, fort, strong hold

Origin

from H6075

• Derived from ʻâphal (H6075)

Occurrences

ʻôphel occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (5), 2 Kings (1), Isaiah (1), Micah (1)

• 1 Samuel 5:6 — But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
• 1 Samuel 5:9 — And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
• 1 Samuel 5:12 — And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
• 1 Samuel 6:4 — Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
• 1 Samuel 6:5 — Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
• 2 Kings 5:24 — And when he came to the tower (הָעֹ֔פֶל), he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
• Isaiah 32:14 — Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts (עֹ֣פֶל) and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
• Micah 4:8 — And thou, O tower of the flock, the (עֹ֛פֶל) strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.