צְרִיחַ
tse.ri.ach
“stronghold”
Definition
a citadel
from H6873 (צָרַח) in the sense of clearness of vision;
- excavation, underground chamber, cellar, underground room 1a) meaning uncertain
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
צְרִיחַ appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
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