אַרְמוֹןʼarmôwn

citadel, castle, palace (Isaiah 32:14; Jeremiah 30:18; Isaiah 25:2; Amos 3:9; Amos 1:4)

Pronunciation: ar-mone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H759

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Where it appears

Appears 32 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 16:18 When Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the citadel of the palace and burned it down over himself and died in the flames.
  • 2 Kings 15:25 Then Pekah son of Remaliah, the commander of Pekahiah’s army, conspired against him. With fifty men from Gilead, Pekah assassinated the king, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the palace at Samaria. And Pekah reigned in his place.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:19 Then his army burned the Temple of God, tore down the walls of Jerusalem, burned all the palaces, and completely destroyed everything of value.
  • Psalms 48:3 God himself is in Jerusalem’s towers, revealing himself as its defender.
  • Psalms 48:13 Take note of the fortified walls, and tour all the citadels, that you may describe them to future generations.
  • Psalms 122:7 O Jerusalem, may there be peace within your walls and prosperity in your palaces.
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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).