סֹלְלָה

çôlᵉlâh · Hebrew · Strong's H5550 · 11 occurrences

The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “bank”

What it means

a military mound, i.e. rampart of besiegers

or סוֹלְלָה; active participle feminine of H5549 (סָלַל), but used passively;

How the KJV renders it

bank, mount

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“bank”

also renders trápeza (G5132), gâdâh (H1415), gidyâh (H1428), sâphâh (H8193)

“mount”

also renders óros (G3735), har (H2022), mutstsâb (H4674)

Where it appears

11 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

2 Kings 19:32 HNcfsa2 Samuel 20:15 HNcfsaDaniel 11:15 HNcfsaEzekiel 4:2 HNcfsaEzekiel 17:17 HNcfsaEzekiel 21:22 HNcfsaEzekiel 26:8 HNcfsaIsaiah 37:33 HNcfsaJeremiah 6:6 HNcfsaJeremiah 32:24 HTd/NcfpaJeremiah 33:4 HTd/Ncfpa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.