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Strong's #3925 - παρεμβολή
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- an encampment
- the camp of Israel in the desert
- 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 it had been gathered formerly in camps in the wilderness
- the barracks of the Roman soldiers, which at Jerusalem were in the castle of Antonia
- the camp of Israel in the desert
- an army in a line of battle
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παρεμ-βολή, ἡ,
insertion, interpolation, ἑτέρων πραγμάτων Aeschin. 3.205, cf. 1.166 (pl.), Phld. Rh. 1.261 S.
2. Gramm., parenthesis, Alex. Fig. 25, Tib. Fig. 48.
II drawing up in battle-order, Plb. 11.32.6; in Tactics, insertion of men in the ranks (dist. fr. παρένταξις and παρεμπλοκή), Ascl. Tact. 6.1, 10.17. company of soldiers, etc., LXX Genesis 32:2(3); host, ib. 33.8 (pl.), Ezek. Exag. 81.
2. encampment, Diph. 57, Theophil. 9, Crito Com. 1, LXX Exodus 14:19, al., Plb. 3.74.5, al., Plu. Galb. 27: generally, soldiers' quarters, Plb. 6.29.1; barracks, Acts 21:34, cf. Ostr. 901, al. (ii A. D.); name of an ἄμφοδον, POxy. 2131.8 (iii A. D.).
III = cross παρεξειρεσία (q. v.), Plb. 21.7.4 (sed leg. παραβολαί). in boxing and wrestling, π. βάλλειν trip an adversary by a twist of the leg, Luc. Ocyp. 60, cf. Plu. 2.638f (pl.).
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 (
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παρ -εμ -βολή , -ῆς , ἡ
(<παρεμβάλλω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H4264;]
1. an insertion, interpolation (Æschin.).
2. In the Macedonian dialect (Rutherford, NPhr., 473), as a military term;
(a) an army in battle array: Hebrews 11:34 (cf. Exodus 14:19-20, Judges 4:16, al.; freq. in Polyb.);
(b) a camp (Exodus 29:14, al.) : Hebrews 13:11; Hebrews 13:13 Revelation 20:9;
(c) barracks, soldiers' quarters: Acts 21:34; Acts 21:37; Acts 22:24; Acts 23:10; Acts 23:16; Acts 23:32; Acts 28:16 (WH, txt., R, om.).†
παρ -εμ -βάλλω ,
[in LXX freq. and chiefly for H4264;]
1. to put in beside or between, interpose.
2. In late writers (Polyb., al., LXX) as technical military term;
(a) of soldiers, to draw up in line (freq. in 1 Maccabees 2:32, al.);
(b) of siege works, to cast up: c. acc et dat., χάρακά σοι , Luke 19:43.†
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