Hill
עֹ֫פֶלStrong’s H6076ophel (o-phel)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ophel is the Hebrew word usually translated “hill” and “o hill of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.”
Meaning
- Hill, mound, fort, stronghold, Ophel
How it's translated
- the hill 1
- hill 1
- o hill of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- Isaiah 1
- Micah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 32:14Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
- Micah 4:8And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
Hebrew dictionary
עֹ֫פֶל ophel · hill
hill, mound, fort, stronghold, Ophel
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hill” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HILL, noun
[Latin collis.]
- A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence.
- A cluster of plants, and the earth raised about them; as a hill of maiz or potatoes.
All definitions and other forms of “hill”
HILL, verb transitive
To raise earth about plants; to raise a little mass of earth. Farmers in New England hill their maiz in July.
- To cover. [Latin celo.]
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.