Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2918
טִירָה
tirahtee-raw'
encampment
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ṭîyrâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2918is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2918
a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet
The King James renders it: (goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tirah is rendered "encampment". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 25:16These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
Genesis 25:16וּבְטִֽירֹתָ֑ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- encampments their2
- a battlement of1
- and by encampments their1
- encampment their1
- the rows of stones1
- to encampments their1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַטִּיר֖וֹת1
- וּבְטִֽירֹתָ֑ם1
- טִירֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙1
- טִ֣ירַת1
- טִֽירָתָ֥ם1
- טִֽירֹתָ֑ם1
- לְטִירוֹתָ֖ם1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HNcfpc/Sp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp3mp
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfsc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HTd/Ncfpa
Genesis
one use
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
- וּבְטִֽירֹתָ֑םuvetirotamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and by encampments their
Numbers
one use
Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,
- טִֽירֹתָ֑םtirotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: encampments their
1 Chronicles
one use
Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:
- לְטִירוֹתָ֖םletirotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to encampments their
Psalms
one use
May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
- טִֽירָתָ֥םtiratamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: encampment their
Song of Solomon
one use
If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
- טִ֣ירַתtiratnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a battlement of
Ezekiel
two uses
therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
- טִירֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙tiroteihemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: encampments their
Around the inside of each of the four courts was a row of masonry with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides.
- הַטִּיר֖וֹתhatirotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rows of stones
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.