H6877

צְרִיחַ

tse.ri.achH:N-M

stronghold

1) excavation, underground chamber, cellar, underground room 1a) meaning uncertain

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

צְרִיחַ noun [masculine] perhaps excavation, underground chamber; — ׳צ absolute Judg 9:49, construct vJudg 9:46 plural צְרִחִים 1Sam 13:6 — used as hiding-places 1Sam 13:6 (+ מְעָרוֺת, חֲוָחִים, סְלָעִים, בֹּרוֺת); as refuge Judg 9:46 (where connected with shrine), vJudg 9:49 (Vrss stronghold; on uncertainty of meaning see GFM).


צֹרִי see I. צֹר. צֳרִי, צְרִי, צְרֻיָה see צרה. above,


3 occurrences

Judges (2), I Samuel (1)