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forts

Meaning of “forts”

Sense 1: Fortified places or strongholds. Sense 2: Defensive or siege works built against cities.

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6 occurrences6 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Kings 25:1

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Every verse containing “forts”

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2 Kings 25:1
AND it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 25:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in the ninth yeere of his reigne, in the tenth moneth, in the tenth day of the moneth, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, hee, and all his hoste, against Ierusalem, and pitched against it, and they built fortes against it, round about.

1611 marginal noteIere. 39.1. and 52.4.

Isaiah 29:3
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 29:3 · retained source text

And I will campe against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

Isaiah 32:14
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 32:14 · retained source text

Because the palaces shall be forsaken, the multitude of the citie shall be left, the forts and towres shall be for dennes for euer, a ioy of wild asses, a pasture of flockes;

1611 marginal noteOr, clifts and watchtowers.

Jeremiah 52:4
¶ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 52:4 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in the ninth yere of his reigne, in the tenth moneth, in the tenth day of the moneth, that Nebuchad rezzar king of Babylon came, hee, and all his armie against Ierusalem, and pitched against it, and built fortes against it round about.

1611 marginal note2 Kings 25.1. chap. 39.1.

Ezekiel 17:17
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 17:17 · retained source text

Neither shall Pharaoh with his mightie armie and great companie make for him in the warre by casting vp mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons.

Ezekiel 33:27
Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 33:27 · retained source text

Say thou thus vnto them, Thus saith the LORD God, As I liue, surely they that are in the wastes, shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I giue to the beasts to be deuoured: and they that be in the forts and in the caues, shall die of the pestilence.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to deuoure him.

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