Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2918 - טִירָה tirah (encampment)

Original Word:	טִירָה
Transliteration:	tirah
Definition:	encampment, battlement
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(tee-raw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

goodly castle, habitation, palace, row

Feminine of (an equivalent to) tuwr; a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet -- (goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row.

see HEBREW tuwr

Englishman's Concordance

1) encampment, battlement
1a) encampment, tent camp
1b) walled dwelling places, battlement (metaphorically)
1c) row (of stones)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from (an equivalent to) H2905
Same Word by TWOT Number: 798b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[טִירָה] noun feminineencampment, battlement (from idea of surrounding, enclosure; Syriac

sheepfold, ἔπαυλις) — construct טִירַתSongs 8:9; טִירָתָםPsalm 69:25; plural טִירוֺתEzekiel 46:23; suffix טִירֹתָםNumbers 31:10; Genesis 25:16; טִירוֺתָם1 Chronicles 6:39; טִירוֺתֵיהֶםEzekiel 25:4; —

1encampment, especially of circular encampment of nomad tribes, mentioned with חצרGenesis 25:16; with עריםNumbers 31:10; Ezekiel 25:4 ("" מִשׁכניהם); encampment (poetry)=habitation Psalm 69:26 ("" אהליהם); more Generally, 1 Chronicles 6:39 ("" מושׁבות).

2 in metaphor כָּ֑סֶף׳טSongs 8:9a battlement of silver.

3row of stones, only plural טִירוֺתEzekiel 46:23, virtually plural of טוּר1, q. v.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2918. טִירַת (tirah) — 7 Occurrences

Genesis 25:16
HEB:שְׁמֹתָ֔ם בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֖ם וּבְטִֽירֹתָ֑ם שְׁנֵים־ עָשָׂ֥ר
NAS: by their villages, and by their camps; twelve
KJV: by their towns, and by their castles; twelve
INT: are their names their villages their camps both ten

Numbers 31:10
HEB:וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־ טִֽירֹתָ֑ם שָׂרְפ֖וּ בָּאֵֽשׁ׃
NAS: and all their camps with fire.
KJV: wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
INT: where and all their camps burned fire

1 Chronicles 6:54
HEB:וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ מוֹשְׁבוֹתָ֔ם לְטִירוֹתָ֖ם בִּגְבוּלָ֑ם לִבְנֵ֤י
NAS: are their settlements according to their camps within their borders.
KJV: Now these [are] their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts,
INT: now these are their settlements to their camps their borders to the sons

Psalm 69:25
HEB: תְּהִי־ טִֽירָתָ֥ם נְשַׁמָּ֑ה בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם
NAS:May their camp be desolate; May none
KJV:Let their habitation be desolate;
INT: become may their camp be desolate their tents

Songs 8:9
HEB:נִבְנֶ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ טִ֣ירַת כָּ֑סֶף וְאִם־
NAS: We will build on her a battlement of silver;
KJV: we will build upon her a palace of silver:
INT: will build on her a battlement of silver if

Ezekiel 25:4
HEB:לְמֽוֹרָשָׁ֗ה וְיִשְּׁב֤וּ טִירֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ בָּ֔ךְ וְנָ֥תְנוּ
NAS: and they will set their encampments among you and make
KJV: and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make
INT: A possession will set their encampments and make their dwellings

Ezekiel 46:23
HEB:עָשׂ֔וּי מִתַּ֥חַת הַטִּיר֖וֹת סָבִֽיב׃
NAS: were made under the rows round about.
KJV: with boiling places under the rows round about.
INT: were made under the rows around

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