◄ 3925. parembole ►
Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3925: παρεμβολή παρεμβολή, παρεμβολῆς. ἡ (from παρεμβάλλω, which see); 1. interpolation, insertion (into a discourse of matters foreign to the subject in hand, Aeschines). 2. In the Maced. dialect (cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. et Alex., p. 30; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 377; (Winers Grammar, 22)) an encampment (Pclyb., Diodorus, Josephus, Plutarch); a. the camp of the Israelites in the desert (an enclosure within which their tents were pitched), Exodus 29:14; Exodus 19:17; Exodus 32:17; hence, in Hebrews 13:11 used for the city of Jerusalem, inasmuch as that was to the Israelites what formerly the encampment had been in the desert; of the sacred congregation or assembly of Israel, as that had been gathered formerly in camps in the wilderness, Hebrews 13:13. b. the barracks of the Roman soldiers, which at Jerusalem were in the castle Antonia: Acts 21:34, 37; Acts 22:24; Acts 23:10, 16, 32. 3. an army in line of battle: Hebrews 11:34; Revelation 20:9 (here A. V. camp), (Exodus 14:19, 20; Judges 4:16; Judges 8:11; 1 Samuel 14:16; very often in Polybius; Aelian v. h. 14, 46). Often in the Sept. for מַחֲנֶה, which signifies both camp and army; frequent in both senses in 1 Maccabees (); cf. Grimm on 1 Macc. 3:3. Forms and Transliterations παρεμβαλουσιν παρεμβαλοῦσιν παρεμβολαί παρεμβολαίς παρεμβολας παρεμβολάς παρεμβολὰς παρεμβολή παρεμβολην παρεμβολήν παρεμβολὴν παρεμβολης παρεμβολής παρεμβολῆς παρεμβολών parembalousin parembaloûsin parembolas parembolàs parembolen parembolēn parembolḗn parembolḕn paremboles parembolês parembolēs parembolē̂s Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts