צְרִיחַ
tse.ri.achstrongholdHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine4 occurrences2 books3 verses
Definition
from H6873 in the sense of clearness of vision; a citadel
Traditional renderings: high place, hold.
Traditional renderings: high place, hold.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Judges 9:46צְרִ֔יחַ · the inner chamberOn hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
- Judges 9:49הַצְּרִ֔יחַ · the inner chamber; הַצְּרִ֖יחַ · [it]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.
- 1 Samuel 13:6וּבַצְּרִחִ֖ים · and in cellarsSeeing 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.