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Greek

5482. charax -- a pointed stake, a rampart
... stake, a rampart. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: charax Phonetic
Spelling: (khar'-ax) Short Definition: a mound for besieging Definition: a ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5921. al -- upon, above, over
... 49), before (10), before* (19), behalf (18), behind* (2), beside (47), beside*
(6), besides (5), besiege* (1), besieged* (13), besieging (1), besieging* (5 ...
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6696a. tsur -- to confine, bind, besiege
... root Definition to confine, bind, besiege NASB Word Usage barricade (1), besiege
(3), besiege* (1), besieged (1), besieged* (10), besieging* (5), bind (2 ...
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Library

What Cestius did against the Jews; and How, Upon his Besieging ...
... CHAPTER 19. What Cestius Did Against The Jews; And How, Upon His Besieging Jerusalem,
He Retreated From The City Without Any Just Occasion In The World. ...
/.../chapter 19 what cestius did.htm

'As Sodom'
... 52:4 6), in which the minute care to specify dates pathetically reveals the depth
of the impression which the first appearance of the besieging army made, and ...
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How Alexandra by Gaining the Good-Will of the Pharisees, Retained ...
... Accordingly, they sent him many and very valuable presents, as also ambassadors,
and that as he was besieging Ptolemais; for Selene the queen, the same that ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 16 how alexandra by.htm

Herod Takes Sepphoris and Subdues the Robbers that were in the ...
... Subdues The Robbers That Were In The Caves; He After That Avenges Himself Upon Macheras,
As Upon An Enemy Of His And Goes To Antony As He Was Besieging Samosata ...
/.../chapter 16 herod takes sepphoris.htm

The Wars of the Jews or History of the Destruction of Jerusalem
... Subdues The Robbers That Were In The Caves; He After That Avenges Himself Upon Macheras,
As Upon An Enemy Of His And Goes To Antony As He Was Besieging Samosata ...
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Appendix. The Apocryphal Books of the Old Testament.
... When Holofernes, one of Nebuchadnezzar's generals, was besieging Bethulia, a city
of Judea, she went over to his camp with her maid in the character of a ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/appendix the apocryphal books of.htm

Approaching Doom
... impenitent Judah. Again and again Jerusalem was to be invested and entered
by the besieging armies of Nebuchadnezzar. Company after ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 35 approaching doom.htm

The Children of the Poor.
... or as a savage foe. The whole wears the aspect of a besieging army, and
the Ishmaelitish feeling predominates. In the midst of the ...
/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse vii the children of.htm

A Solemn Embassy
... John Bunyan puts it plainly enough." If a certain king be besieging a town, and
he sends out the herald with a trumpet to threaten the inhabitants that, if ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/a solemn embassy.htm

The Pleading Note in Prayer
... And if they are indisputably all that, then much more are those inspired prayers
the very best meditation and ensamp1e to every throne-besieging sinner, and to ...
/.../whyte/lord teach us to pray/xviii the pleading note in.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besiege.

2. (a.) That besieges; laying siege to.

Thesaurus

Besieging (9 Occurrences)
...Besieging (9 Occurrences). ... 2 Kings 24:11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the
city, while his servants were besieging it; (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Gibbethon (5 Occurrences)
... 23). Nadab the king of Israel, while besieging it, was slain under its
walls by Baasha, one of his own officers (1 Kings 15:27). ...
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Siege (63 Occurrences)
... It was while besieging Gibbethon that Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, was slain by Baasha
(1 Kings 15:27), and, 27 years after, while the army of Israel was still ...
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Nebuchadnez'zar (55 Occurrences)
... besieged. (See RSV). 2 Kings 24:11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto
the city, while his servants were besieging it. (See RSV). ...
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Obsession (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of besieging. 2. (n.) The state of being
besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without. ...
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Jehoiachin (20 Occurrences)
... Jehoiakim's 3rd (4th) year, Daniel 1:1-7). His coming to the throne was just at
or near the time when Nebuchadnezzar's servants were besieging Jerusalem; and ...
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Judah's (18 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 32:2 Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem;
and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in ...
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Investment (1 Occurrence)
... vestment. 3. (n.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by
an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. 4. (n ...
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Tirhakah (2 Occurrences)
... 4. First Conflict with the Assyrians: According to the Old Testament account,
Sennacherib was besieging Libnah when Tirhakah's army appeared in Palestine. ...
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Tiglathpileser (3 Occurrences)
... Still later we find Pekah forming a coalition with Rezin, king of Damascus, into
which they tried to force Ahaz, even going the length of besieging him in ...
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Bible Concordance

Besieging (9 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 11:16 So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.
(See RSV)

1 Kings 15:27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, when Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
(DBY NIV)

2 Kings 24:11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it;
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 32:9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,
(See NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 4:16 Make ye mention to the nations, Lo, sound ye to Jerusalem: 'Besiegers are coming from the land afar off, And they give forth against cities of Judah their voice.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 21:4 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, that besiege you without the walls, and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 21:9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and falleth away to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 32:2 Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 37:5 Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they broke up from Jerusalem.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Besieging

Related Terms

Gibbethon (5 Occurrences)

Siege (63 Occurrences)

Nebuchadnez'zar (55 Occurrences)

Obsession (1 Occurrence)

Jehoiachin (20 Occurrences)

Judah's (18 Occurrences)

Investment (1 Occurrence)

Tirhakah (2 Occurrences)

Tiglathpileser (3 Occurrences)