אַרְמוֹן armon

Hebrew word for “citadel” · Strong’s H759 · used 32 times in 31 verses

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Meaning

: palace; citadel, palace, fortress; A sub-meaning of ar.mon (אַרְמוֹן ": palace" H0759)

Senses in the lexicon

• citadel: fortress (19)
• citadel: palace (13)

How it is translated

Glosses given for armon in context, with how often each is used:

• fortresses 22
• fortress 5
• palaces 4
• palace 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Amos 1 (5), Amos 3 (3), Psalms 48 (2), Lamentations 2 (2), Amos 2 (2), 1 Kings 16 (1), 2 Kings 15 (1), 2 Chronicles 36 (1), Psalms 122 (1), Proverbs 18 (1)

Forms

• ארמנות 8
• ארמנותיה 7
• ארמון 4
• ארמנתיה 4
• בארמנותיך 1
• בארמנותיהם 1
• ארמנותיך 1
• וארמנתיו 1
• בארמון 1
• בארמנותיה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with armon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 12
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 10
• חוֹמָה chomah “wall” 6
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 7
• יָצַת yatsat “to kindle” 3
• עִיר ir “city” 6
• מַפֵּלָה mapelah “ruin” 2
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 4
• שָׁחַת shachat “to ruin” 3
• בֶּן־הֲדַד ben-hadad “Ben-hadad” 2
• קִרְיָה qiryah “town” 2
• תְּרוּעָה teruah “shout” 2

Key verses

The verses using armon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Chronicles 36:19 — And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels…
• Isaiah 23:13 — Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they…
• Jeremiah 9:21 — For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
• Jeremiah 17:27 — But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then…
• Jeremiah 30:18 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her…
• Lamentations 2:5 — The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the…
• Lamentations 2:7 — The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise…
• Hosea 8:14 — For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour…
• Amos 1:4 — But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
• Amos 1:14 — But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the…
• Amos 6:8 — The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the…
• Micah 5:5 — And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.