Read the Bible

KJV dictionary & concordance

bulwark

Meaning of “bulwark”

1. A defensive wall or fortified work. 2. A siegework raised against a city.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-references
5 occurrences5 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 20:20

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “bulwark”

KJV PCE
Deuteronomy 20:20
Verse study ↗Bible reader ↗
Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 20:20 · retained source text

Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meate, thou shalt destroy, and cut them downe, and thou shalt build bulwarkes against the city that maketh warre with thee, vntil it be subdued.

1611 marginal noteHebr. it come downe.

2 Chronicles 26:15
Verse study ↗Bible reader ↗
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 26:15 · retained source text

And hee made in Ierusalem engines inuented by cunning men, to bee on the towers, & vpon the bulwarks, to shoote arrowes and great stones withall: and his name spread farre abroad, for he was marueilously helped, till he was strong.

1611 marginal noteHeb. went foorth.

Psalms 48:13
Verse study ↗Bible reader ↗
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 48:13 · retained source text

Marke yee well her bulwarkes, consider her palaces; that yee may tell it to the generation following.

1611 marginal noteHeb. set your heart to her bulwarkes.

1611 marginal noteOr, raise vp.

Ecclesiastes 9:14
Verse study ↗Bible reader ↗
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 9:14 · retained source text

There was a little citie, and few men within it; and there came a great King against it, and besieged it, & built great bulwarks against it:

Isaiah 26:1
Verse study ↗Bible reader ↗
IN that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 26:1 · retained source text

¶ In that day shall this song bee sung in the land of Iudah; Wee haue a strong citie, saluation will God appoint for walles and bulwarkes.

Source order

Definition evidence