Barracks
παρεμβολήStrong’s G3925parembolē
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Parembolē is the Greek word usually translated “barracks”, “camp” and “armies”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.”
Meaning
Usually translated “barracks”, “camp” and “armies”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- barracks 6
- camp 3
- armies 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 6
- Hebrews 3
- Revelation 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 21:37And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
- Acts 22:24The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
- Acts 23:10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
- Acts 23:16And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
- Acts 23:32On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
- Hebrews 11:34Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Greek dictionary
παρεμβολή parembolē · barracks
παρ-εμ-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ (παρεμβάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for מַחֲנֶה ;] 1. an insertion, interpolation (Æschin.) 2. In the Macedonian dialect (Rutherford, NPhr., 473), as a military term; (a) an army in battle array: Heb.11:34 (cf. Exo.14:19-20, Jdg.4:16, al.; frequently in Polyb.); (b) a camp (Exo.29:14, al.) : Heb.13:11, 13 Rev.20:9; (with) barracks, soldiers' quarters: Act.21:34, 37 22:24 23:10, 16 23:32 28:16 (WH, txt., R, om.).† παρ-εμ-βάλλω, [in LXX frequently and chiefly for מַחֲנֶה ;] 1. to put in beside or between, interpose. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “camp” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAMP, noun
- The ground on which an army pitch their tents, whether for a night or a longer time.
- The order or arrangement of tents, or disposition of an army, for rest; as, to pitch a camp Also, the troops encamped on the same field.
- An army.
All definitions and other forms of “camp”
CAMP, verb transitive
or I. To rest or lodge, as an army, usually in tents; to pitch a camp; to fix tents; but seldom used. [See Encamp.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.