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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6076 - עֹפֶל

Transliteration

ʻôphel

Phonetics

o'-fel

Origin

from (H6075)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1662a,1662b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) hill, mound, fort, stronghold, Ophel

2) tumour, hemorrhoid

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (3)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

HCS (0)

HCS (3)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

BSB (9)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 5

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

ESV (4)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

WEB (3)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2564) l p o (אהפל AhPL) AC: Lift CO: Tower AB: ?

V) l p o (אהפל AhPL) - Lift: KJV (2): (vf: Hiphil, Pual) lift, presume - Strongs: H6075 (עָפַל)

g^m) l p f o (אהופל AhWPL) - Tower: KJV (9): fort, stronghold, tower - Strongs: H6076 (עֹפֶל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. עֹ֫פֶל noun [masculine] mound, hill, only as acropolis; — ׳ע absolute 2 Kings 5:24 +, construct Micah 4:8; — fortified mound or hill within city, or Jerusalem (compare Rob^{BR i. 267} Gu^{ZPV v (1882), 326}) Micah 4:8; Isaiah 32:14; south end of eastern hill Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 11:21; 2 Chronicles 33:14 ׳חוֺמַת הָע Nehemiah 3:27; 2 Chronicles 27:3 (compare חמת העפל in קרחה MI^21,22); of Samaria 2 Kings 5:24.

II. [עֹ֫פֶל] noun masculine^{1 Samuel 6:4} tumour; — only plural Kt (בָּ)עֳפָלִים Deuteronomy 28:27; 1 Samuel 5:6,9,12; construct עָפְלֵי 1 Samuel 6:4; suffix עָפְלֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 6:5; Qr in all (ב)טְחֹרִים, טְחֹרֵי, טְחֹרֵיכֶם, see [ טְחוֺר].

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עֹפֶל m.

(1) a hill, an acclivity, Isaiah 32:14; Micah 4:8 with the art. הָעֹפֶל [Ophel], pr.n. of a hill to the east of mount Zion, which was surrounded and fortified by a separate wall, 2 Kings 5:24 [this refers to some other place], 2 Chronicles 27:3, 33:14 Nehemiah 3:27, 11:21 compare Jos. Bell. Jud., vi. 6, § 3.

(2) a tumour, plur. עפלים (read עֳפָלִים) Deuteronomy 28:27; 1 Samuel 5:6. seqq. כתיב, used of tumours on the anus. (Arab. عفَلُ tumor in ano virorum, vel in pudendis mulierum, see Schrœderi Origg. Hebr., cap. iv. p. 54, 55. H. Alb. Schultens ad Meidanii Prov., p. 23). In קרי there is instead טְחֹורִים, which see.

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List of Word Forms

בַּטְּחֹרִ֑ים בַּטְּחֹרִ֔ים בטחרים הָעֹ֔פֶל העפל וּבַטְּחֹרִ֔ים ובטחרים טְחֹרִֽים׃ טְחֹרֵ֣י טְחֹרֵיכֶ֜ם טחרי טחריכם טחרים׃ עֹ֛פֶל עֹ֣פֶל עפל ‘ō·p̄el ‘ōp̄el baṭ·ṭə·ḥō·rîm battechoRim baṭṭəḥōrîm hā‘ōp̄el hā·‘ō·p̄el haOfel Ofel ṭə·ḥō·rê ṭə·ḥō·rê·ḵem ṭə·ḥō·rîm techoRei techoreiChem techoRim ṭəḥōrê ṭəḥōrêḵem ṭəḥōrîm ū·ḇaṭ·ṭə·ḥō·rîm ūḇaṭṭəḥōrîm uvattechoRim