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Strong's Hebrew

4707. mitspeh -- watchtower
... Definition: lookout. Word Origin from tsaphah Definition watchtower NASB Word
Usage lookout (2), watchtower (1). watch tower. From tsaphah ...
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975. bachan -- a watchtower
... Short Definition: watch-tower. Word Origin from bachan Definition a watchtower
NASB Word Usage watch-tower (1). tower. From bachan (in ...
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7434. Ramath Hammitspeh -- "height of the watchtower," a city on N ...
... Origin from ramah and mitspeh Definition "height of the watchtower," a city on N ...
and mitspeh with the article interpolated; height of the watch-tower; Ramath-ham ...
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6844. tsaphith -- a rug, carpet
... Word Origin from tsaphah Definition a rug, carpet NASB Word Usage cloth (1). watchtower.
From tsaphah; a sentry -- watchtower. see HEBREW tsaphah. 6843, 6844 ...
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4708. Mitspeh -- the name of several places in Isr.
... Mizpeh, watch tower. The same as mitspeh; Mitspeh, the name of five places in Palestine --
Mizpeh, watch tower. Compare Mitspah. see HEBREW mitspeh. ...
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6837. Tsiphyon -- perhaps "gazing," a son of Gad
... Ziphion. From tsaphah; watch-tower; Tsiphjon, an Israelite -- Ziphion. Compare Tsphown.
see HEBREW tsaphah. see HEBREW Tsphown. 6836, 6837. Tsiphyon. 6838 ...
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6857. Tsephath -- a Canaanite city
... Zephath. From tsaphah; watch-tower; Tsephath, a place in Palestine -- Zephath. see
HEBREW tsaphah. 6856, 6857. Tsephath. 6858 . Strong's Numbers.
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4026. migdal -- a tower
... Word Origin from gadal Definition a tower NASB Word Usage banks (1), podium (1),
Tower (8), tower (23), towers (14), watchtower (2). castle, flower, tower. ...
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971. bachin -- tower
... Word Origin see bachun. tower Another form of bachan; a watch-tower of besiegers --
tower. see HEBREW bachan. 970, 971. bachin. 972 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Habakkuk-On his Watch-Tower
... HABAKKUK-ON HIS WATCH-TOWER. "Lord, teach us to pray.""Luke 11.i. "I will stand
upon my watch, and set me upon the tower.""Habakkuk 2.i. ...
/.../whyte/lord teach us to pray/ix habakkuk-on his watch-tower.htm

The Morning Breaketh
... But again where David comes to the watch tower and sees the two messengers running,
the second one bringing him tidings of the death of his son, and from this ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chapman/and judas iscariot/the morning breaketh.htm

Further Journeying About Galilee.
... 9 John 20:11-18. Mary's name indicates that she was a native of Magdala
(Hebrew, Migdol, ie, watch-tower). Of all the towns which ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xlvii further journeying about galilee.htm

How the Apostle Says that God is Now Seen by us through a Glass.
... as by the Spirit of the Lord." [962] "Beholding as in a glass," [963] he has said,
ie seeing by means of a glass, not looking from a watch-tower: an ambiguity ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 8 how the apostle says.htm

In what Manner Moses Saw God.
... is a place by me, and thou shall stand upon a rock: and it shall come to pass, while
my glory passeth by, that I will put thee into a watch-tower [310] of the ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 16 in what manner moses.htm

Ebenezer!
... On that day, too, Mizpeh was the place of renewed covenant, and its name signifies
the watch-tower. ... Climb thy watch-tower and watch for the coming of thy Lord. ...
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How the Back Parts of God were Seen. The Faith of the Resurrection ...
... that very faith, that is, standing on the solid foundation of faith, which the rock
signifies, [325] and beholding it from such a safe watch-tower, namely in ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 17 how the back parts.htm

The Preacher as a Patriot.
... safety of the place, giving notice when danger was approaching and summoning the
citizens to defend themselves, so the prophets from their watch-tower"that is ...
/.../stalker/the preacher and his models/lecture iii the preacher as.htm

Psalm CII.
... she is Sion: not that one spot, at first proud, afterwards taken captive; but the
Sion whose shadow was that Sion, which signifieth a watch-tower; because when ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cii.htm

The Same Continued.
... And act so that your life shall be without offence to all men, lest ye become as
"a snare upon a watch-tower, and as a net which is spread out." [769] For "he ...
/.../the epistle of ignatius to the trallians/chapter vii the same continued.htm

Thesaurus

Watchtower (9 Occurrences)
...Watchtower (9 Occurrences). ... (BBE RSV). Isaiah 21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the
watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. (KJV). ...
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Watch-tower (6 Occurrences)
Watch-tower. Watchtower, Watch-tower. Watchtowers . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(YLT). Watchtower, Watch-tower. Watchtowers . Reference Bible.
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Mizpah (42 Occurrences)
... The meaning seems to be "outlook" or "watchtower." It is natural, therefore, to ...
20:24, probably we should read "Mizpah" instead of "watch-tower": ha-mitspeh la ...
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Ophel (6 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 32:14 reads, "The palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted;
the hill (Ophel) and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever." Here ...
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Lookout (4 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 20:24 And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they
looked ... the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day ...
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Migdol (6 Occurrences)
... between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon.' It is thus to be sought
(see EXODUS) West of the Bitter Lakes, and may have been a watchtower on the ...
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Mizpeh (24 Occurrences)
... The meaning seems to be "outlook" or "watchtower." It is natural, therefore, to ...
20:24, probably we should read "Mizpah" instead of "watch-tower": ha-mitspeh la ...
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Tower (74 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 20:24 And when Judah came toward the watchtower in the wilderness,
they ... The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild ...
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Vainly (4 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Lamentations 4:17 While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain
help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation 'that' saveth not. ...
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Bible Concordance

Watch-tower (6 Occurrences)

2 Chronicles 20:24 And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.
(See JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
(WBS YLT)

Isaiah 21:8 And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;
(See JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 32:14 For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
(ASV YLT NAS)

Jeremiah 6:27 A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
(YLT)

Lamentations 4:17 While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation 'that' saveth not.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Watch-tower

Related Terms

Watch-tower (6 Occurrences)

Mizpah (42 Occurrences)

Ophel (6 Occurrences)

Lookout (4 Occurrences)

Migdol (6 Occurrences)

Mizpeh (24 Occurrences)

Tower (74 Occurrences)