Rampart
חֵלStrong’s H2426chel
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chel is the Hebrew word usually translated “rampart”, “rampart of” and “rampart your”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.”
Meaning
- Rampart, fortress, wallrampart · fortress
How it's translated
- rampart 2
- by the rampart 1
- in rampart of 1
- in rampart your 1
- and a rampart 1
- the fortress 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Kings 1
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
- Lamentations 1
- Obadiah 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 21:23And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
- Psalms 122:7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
- Isaiah 26:1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
- Lamentations 2:8The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
- Obadiah 1:20And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
- Nahum 3:8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Hebrew dictionary
חֵל chel · rampart
1) rampart, fortress, wall 1a) rampart 1b) fortress Also means: che.lah (חֵילָה "bulwark" H2430)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rampart” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RAM'PART, noun
[Hence we see rampart is from Latin reparo; re and paro. See Parry and Repair.]
- In fortification, an elevation or mound of earth round a place, capable of resisting cannon shot, and formed into bastions, curtains, etc.
- That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety.
All definitions and other forms of “rampart”
RAM'PART, verb transitive
To fortify with ramparts. [Not in use.]
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.