Word Study · Strong's H759 · Hebrew
אַרְמוֹן
armon
ar-mone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼarmôwn
“a citadel (from its height)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a citadel (from its height)
Rendered in the KJV as
castle, palace. Compare H2038 (הַרְמוֹן).
- 32occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 23inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 32 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 23
- אַרְמְנ֥וֹת5
- אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ3
- אַרְמ֣וֹן2
- אַרְמְנ֣וֹת2
- אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ2
- אַרְמ֤וֹן1
- אַרְמֽוֹן׃1
- אַרְמְנ֖וֹת1
- אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙1
- אַרְמְנוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ ס1
- אַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃1
- אַרְמְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 18
- [the] fortresses of6
- fortresses its6
- palaces its4
- [the] fortresses2
- [is] in fortresses its1
- [the] fortress of1
- [the] palace1
- a fortress1
- a fortress of1
- and a fortress1
- and fortresses his1
- fortresses his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 13
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular11
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)6
- noun · feminine plural2
- noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfpc/Sp3fs · 11
- HNcfpc · 6
- HNcfpa · 2
- HNcmsa · 2
- HNcmsc · 2
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp1bp · 2
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms · 1
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcfpc/Sp2fs · 1
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp2fs · 1
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp · 1
All 32, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Amos12 of 32 · 38%
- Jeremiah5 of 32 · 16%
- Isaiah4 of 32 · 13%
- Psalms3 of 32 · 9%
- Lamentations2 of 32 · 6%
Amos carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 48:3בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֶ֗יהָbearmenoteihapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularGod is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.here: [is] in fortresses its
- Psalms 48:13אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָʾarmenoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularconsider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.here: fortresses its
- Psalms 122:7בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃bearmenotayikhpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularMay there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”here: in fortresses your
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 23:13אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔יהָʾarmenoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularLook at the land of the Chaldeans— a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.here: palaces its
- Isaiah 25:2אַרְמ֤וֹןʾarmonnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.here: a fortress of
- Isaiah 32:14אַרְמ֣וֹןʾarmonnoun · masculine singularFor the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—here: [the] palace
- Isaiah 34:13אַרְמְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ʾarmenoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularHer towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.here: fortresses its
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 6:5אַרְמְנוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סʾarmenoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularRise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”here: fortresses its
- Jeremiah 9:21בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֵ֑ינוּbearmenoteinupreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralFor death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.here: in fortresses our
- Jeremiah 17:27אַרְמְנ֥וֹתʾarmenotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”here: [the] fortresses of
- Jeremiah 30:18וְאַרְמ֖וֹןvearmonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThis is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.here: and a fortress
- Jeremiah 49:27אַרְמְנ֥וֹתʾarmenotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”here: [the] fortresses of
Lamentations2 occurrences
- Lamentations 2:5אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔יהָʾarmenoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThe Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.here: palaces its
- Lamentations 2:7אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָʾarmenoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThe Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.here: palaces its
Amos12 occurrences
- Amos 1:4אַרְמְנ֥וֹתʾarmenotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.here: [the] fortresses of
- Amos 1:7אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ʾarmenoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularSo I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.here: fortresses its
- Amos 1:10אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ פʾarmenoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularSo I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”here: fortresses its
- Amos 1:12אַרְמְנ֥וֹתʾarmenotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”here: [the] fortresses of
- Amos 1:14אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָʾarmenoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularSo I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.here: fortresses its
- Amos 2:2אַרְמְנ֣וֹתʾarmenotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.here: [the] fortresses of
- Amos 2:5אַרְמְנ֥וֹתʾarmenotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”here: [the] fortresses of
- Amos 3:9אַרְמְנ֣וֹתʾarmenotnoun · feminine pluralProclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”here: [the] fortresses
- Amos 3:9אַרְמְנ֖וֹתʾarmenotnoun · feminine pluralProclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”here: [the] fortresses
- Amos 3:10בְּאַרְמְנֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ פbearmenoteihempreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”here: in fortresses their
- Amos 3:11אַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃ʾarmenotayikhnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”here: fortresses your
- Amos 6:8וְאַרְמְנֹתָ֖יוvearmenotavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”here: and fortresses his