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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”
Where it appears
11 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
2 Kings 19:32 · HNcfsa
“Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
2 Samuel 20:15 · HNcfsa
They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.
Daniel 11:15 · HNcfsa
So the king of the north will come and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city. The forces of the south won’t stand, neither will his select troops, neither will there be any strength to stand.
Ezekiel 4:2 · HNcfsa
Lay siege against it, build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it. Also set camps against it and plant battering rams against it all around.
Ezekiel 17:17 · HNcfsa
Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won’t help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.
Ezekiel 21:22 · HNcfsa
In his right hand was the lot for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, and to build forts.
Ezekiel 26:8 HNcfsaIsaiah 37:33 HNcfsaJeremiah 6:6 HNcfsaJeremiah 32:24 HTd/NcfpaJeremiah 33:4 HTd/Ncfpa
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