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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Exodus
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14:19; 14:20; 19:17; 29:14; 32:17
- Judges
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4:16; 8:11
- 1 Samuel
-
14:16
- Acts
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21:34; 21:37; 22:24; 23:10; 23:16; 23:32
- Hebrews
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11:34; 13:11; 13:13
- Revelation
-
20:9
