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Fortifications

Strong's Hebrew

4013. mibtsar -- fortification
... Word Origin from batsar Definition fortification NASB Word Usage besieged (1),
fortifications (5), fortified (17), fortified cities (1), fortified city (1 ...
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Library

How Antony Made Herod and Phasaelus Tetrarchs, after they had Been ...
... courageously, and put many ten thousands to flight, some flying into the city, and
some into the temple, and some into the outer fortifications, for some such ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 13 how antony made.htm

Reading the Law with Tears and Joy
... If so, the completion of the fortifications to which Nehemiah had set himself, was
immediately followed by this reading of the law, in which Ezra takes the lead ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/reading the law with tears.htm

The Faithful Servant
... David, the ancient, and solidified by the mortising of Time, ran directly from Hippicus
to the Tyropean Valley, joining the tremendous fortifications of Moriah ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xxi the faithful servant.htm

Greek and Jew
... had walled. About the immense outer fortifications crawled the shadowy
valleys of Tophet, of Brook Kedron and of Hinnom. Thickly ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter viii greek and jew.htm

The Pride of Amaryllis
... Chapter XIV THE PRIDE OF AMARYLLIS. The night following the wounding of Nicanor,
John spent on his fortifications expecting an attack. ...
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The Young Titus
... Dumb and callous as beasts to the blows and commands of the sentries there mounted,
the citizens clambered up on the fortifications and, with their chins on ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter ix the young titus.htm

The Tangled Web
... Jews who fell upon the Romans unused to frantic warfare, and slaughtered, set fire
to engines, destroyed banks and threw down fortifications and retreated ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xvii the tangled web.htm

In the Sunless Crypt
... crypt below. She saw the ascending streets of Zion and the tall fortifications
mounting the heights within the city's limits. There ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xviii in the sunless.htm

As the Foam Upon Water
... fall of the Roman tower, the Maccabee's forces had been withdrawn for rest to their
retreat and at midnight were formed again for return to the fortifications. ...
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The Fourth and Fifth Falls of Jesus.
... The procession was still at some distance from the south-west gate, which was large,
and attached to the fortifications, and the street was rough and steep; it ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xxxv the fourth and.htm

Thesaurus

Fortifications (7 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Fortifications (7 Occurrences). Numbers 13:19
and what the land 'is' in which it is dwelling, whether it ...
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Building (249 Occurrences)
... Herod and his sons and successors restored the temple, and built fortifications
and other structures of great magnificence in Jerusalem (Luke 21:5). ...
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Build (242 Occurrences)
... The boss and margin stones, with wide mud joint, were, in part, the actual masonry
of the early fortifications, and were re-used and imitated over and over ...
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Acco (2 Occurrences)
... was captured by the Crusaders in 1110 AD, and remained in their hands until 1187,
when it was taken from them by Saladin and its fortifications so strengthened ...
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City
... A fenced city was a city surrounded by fortifications and high walls, with
watch-towers upon them (2 Chronicles 11:11; Deuteronomy 3:5). There was also within ...
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Hammurabi
... The year following (his 37th), "by the command of Anu and Enlila," the fortifications
of Maur and Malka were destroyed, after which the country enjoyed a twelve ...
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Architecture
... attempt, however, was doomed to failure. Their most important buildings were
their fortifications. The engineering skill displayed in ...
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Nineveh (23 Occurrences)
... The western fortifications run from Northwest to Southeast, following, roughly,
the course of the river, which now flows about 1,500 yards from the walls ...
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Fortification (5 Occurrences)
... and the king himself carried away to Nineveh, but on his repentance he was restored
to the throne and set himself to strengthen the fortifications of the city ...
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Vale (20 Occurrences)
... little valley ascending Northeast from Wady ec CunT to Belt Nettif was probably
the actual Vale of Elah and that here the Israelites had their fortifications. ...
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Bible Concordance

Fortifications (7 Occurrences)

Numbers 13:19 and what the land 'is' in which it is dwelling, whether it 'is' good or bad; and what 'are' the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses;
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 20:15 They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 25:12 And the high fortress of thy walls will He bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
(See NAS RSV)

Isaiah 29:7 And the multitude of all the nations that war against Ariel, even all that war against her and her fortifications, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
(DBY)

Micah 5:11 And I have cut off the cities of thy land, And I have thrown down all thy fortresses,
(See NAS)

Nahum 3:12 All thy fortresses 'are' fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater.
(See NAS)

Nahum 3:14 Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Fortifications

Related Terms

Building (249 Occurrences)

Build (242 Occurrences)