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אַרְמוֹן H759
H759 is the Hebrew word אַרְמוֹן, transliterated ʼarmôwn and said ar-mone'. The King James Version most often renders it palaces.
What it means
a citadel (from its height).
Where it comes from
from an unused root (meaning to be elevated).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 25 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: castle, palace. Compare H2038 (הַרְמוֹן).
Verses using אַרְמוֹן
All 24 verses, quoted in full.
1 Kings 16:18 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
2 Kings 15:25 · KJV
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
2 Chronicles 36:19 · KJV
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
Psalm 48:3 · KJV
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
Psalm 48:13 · KJV
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
Isaiah 23:13 · KJV
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Isaiah 25:2 · KJV
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Isaiah 32:14 · KJV
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
Isaiah 34:13 · KJV
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Jeremiah 9:21 · KJV
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
Jeremiah 17:27 · KJV
But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah 30:18 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
Jeremiah 49:27 · KJV
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
Lamentations 2:5 · KJV
The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Lamentations 2:7 · KJV
The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
Amos 1:4 · KJV
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
Amos 1:12 · KJV
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Amos 1:14 · KJV
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
Amos 2:2 · KJV
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
Amos 2:5 · KJV
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Amos 3:9 · KJV
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
Amos 3:11 · KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
Amos 6:8 · KJV
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Micah 5:5 · KJV
And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
Common questions
What does Strong's H759 mean?
H759 is the Hebrew word אַרְמוֹן (ʼarmôwn), meaning a citadel (from its height).
How is H759 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it palaces (20 times), palace (4 times), because the palaces (1 time).
How many times does H759 appear in the Bible?
אַרְמוֹן (ʼarmôwn) is tagged in 24 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H759 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root (meaning to be elevated).
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