KJV dictionary & concordance
Fortified houses or strongholds; fortresses.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 25:16
Complete exact-word concordance
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
These are the sonnes of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their townes and by their castels; twelue princes according to their nations.
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles with fire:
¶ Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
¶ Now these are their dwelling places, throughout their castels in their coasts, of the sonnes of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
¶ And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
¶ And ouer the Kings treasures, was Azmaueth the sonne of Adiel: and ouer the store-houses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Iehonathan the sonne of Uzziah.
¶ And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
¶ And Iehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly, and he built in Iudah castles, and cities of store.
1611 marginal noteOr, palaces
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
Moreouer hee built cities in the mountaines of Iudah, and in the forrests he built castles and towers.
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