עֹפֶלʻôphel

עֹ֫פֶל: mound, hill, only as acropolis, fortified mound or hill within city (2 Kings 5:24; Micah 4:8; Isaiah 32:14; Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 11:21)

Pronunciation: o'-fel · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6076

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 5:24 But when they arrived at the citadel, Gehazi took the gifts from the servants and sent the men back. Then he went and hid the gifts inside the house.
  • Isaiah 32:14 The palace and the city will be deserted, and busy towns will be empty. Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze in the empty forts and watchtowers
  • Micah 4:8 As for you, Jerusalem, the citadel of God’s people, your royal might and power will come back to you again. The kingship will be restored to my precious Jerusalem.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).