H6077

עֹ֫פֶל

o.phelN:N--L

Ophel

§ Ophel = "hill" a ridge of hills in Jerusalem, fortified for defense of the city

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. עֹ֫פֶל noun [masculine] mound, hill, only as acropolis; — ׳ע absolute 2Kgs 5:24 +, construct Mic 4:8 — fortified mound or hill within city, or Jerusalem (compare RobBR i. 267 GuZPV v (1882), 326) Mic 4:8; Isa 32:14 south end of eastern hill Neh 3:26; Neh 11:21; 2Chr 33:14 ׳חוֺמַת הָע Neh 3:27; 2Chr 27:3 (compare חמת העפל in קרחה MI21, 22); of Samaria 2Kgs 5:24.


4 occurrences

II Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (2)