עֹפֶל
ʿōpel
Ophel
Strong's H6077Proper NounHebrewTWOT 1662a

עֹפֶל (ʿōpel) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning Ophel. It appears 5 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6077).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1662a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1662a)mound, hill; Ophel, tumor, fortress; emerod, fort, strong hold, tower
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֹ֫פֶל noun, masculine: mound, hill

mound, hill, only as acropolis

Strong's H6077 עֹפֶל: Ophel, a ridge in Jerusalem
KJV:Ophel.

Strong's H6076 עֹפֶל: a tumor; also a mound, i.e. fortress
KJV:emerod, fort, strong hold, tower.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1662: עָפַל ʿāpal — swell; be elated; be lifted up, presume

See it in Scripture

2 Chronicles 27:3Nehemiah 11:21

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