parembolē · barracks, camp

What it means

parembolē (παρεμβολή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “barracks, camp”.

A camp of soldiers, barracks; also an army drawn up for battle.

How to say it

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

1. A place of tents where a people or an army stayed.
2. The fortress where Roman soldiers lived in Jerusalem.
3. A host lined up for battle.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• barracks ×6
• camp ×3
• armies ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×6
• Hebrews×3
• Revelation×1

• Acts 21:34

  But some in the crowd were shouting one thing and some another; and as he could not learn the certainty because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

• Acts 21:37

  And as Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he says to the commander, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?

• Acts 22:24

  the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined with whips, so that he might find out for what reason they were shouting at him like this.

• Acts 23:10

  And when the dissension became great, the commander, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered the troops to go down, snatch him from their midst, and bring him into the barracks.

• Acts 23:16

  But the son of Paul’s sister, having heard of the ambush, came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.

• Acts 23:32

  And the next day, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the barracks.

• Hebrews 11:34

  quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put to flight the armies of foreigners.

• Hebrews 13:11

  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the Holy Place by the high priest as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp.

• Hebrews 13:13

  So let us go out to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.

• Revelation 20:9

  And they went up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city; and fire came down from heaven and consumed them.