עֹפֶל
ofel · hill; tumor
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6076 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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ofel (עֹפֶל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hill; tumor”.
It has two uses. 1) A hill, the high fortified part of a city: "the hill" of Samaria (2 Kings 5:24) and "the Ophel" of Jerusalem. 2) A tumor, a swelling of the body (Deuteronomy 28:27; 1 Samuel 5–6).
How to say it
o·fel
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The high, fortified part of a city.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- hill ×2
- Ophel ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 5:24
When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and stored them in the house; and he sent away the men, and they went.
- Isaiah 32:14
For the palace is forsaken, the tumult of the city deserted; the Ophel and the watchtower have become caves forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,
- Micah 4:8
And you, tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, and the former dominion will come, the kingdom for the daughter of Jerusalem.”