3925. parembole

Lexicon

parembole: Camp, encampment, barracks, army

Original Word: παρεμβολή
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: parembole
Pronunciation: pah-rem-bol-AY
Phonetic Spelling: (par-em-bol-ay')
Definition: Camp, encampment, barracks, army
Meaning: a camp, fort, castle, barracks, army in battle array.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

army, camp, castle.

From a compound of para and emballo; a throwing in beside (juxtaposition), i.e. (specially), battle-array, encampment or barracks (tower Antonia) -- army, camp, castle.

see GREEK para

see GREEK emballo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 3925: παρεμβολή

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.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb παραβάλλω (paraballō), meaning "to throw beside" or "to place alongside."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek term παρεμβολή corresponds to several Hebrew terms used in the Old Testament to describe camps or encampments, such as מַחֲנֶה (machaneh, Strong's Hebrew 4264), which is frequently used to describe the encampments of the Israelites during their wilderness wanderings. Another related term is מִשְׁמָר (mishmar, Strong's Hebrew 4929), which can refer to a guard or watch, often associated with military or protective encampments.

Usage: The word παρεμβολή is used in the New Testament to describe both literal and metaphorical camps or encampments. It appears in contexts related to military settings, as well as in spiritual or symbolic applications.

Context: • Literal Usage: In the New Testament, παρεμβολή is used to describe physical encampments or military barracks. For example, in Acts 21:34, it refers to the Roman barracks where Paul was taken for protection and questioning: "Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not determine the facts because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks."
• Symbolic Usage: The term is also used metaphorically to describe the spiritual or communal gathering of God's people. In Hebrews 13:11-13, it is used to illustrate the separation of Christ from the traditional religious system, encouraging believers to go "outside the camp" to bear His reproach: "The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore."
• Historical Context: In the ancient world, encampments were central to military operations and community organization. The use of παρεμβολή in the New Testament reflects both the physical reality of Roman military presence and the spiritual metaphor of the Christian community as a distinct and sometimes persecuted group.

Forms and Transliterations

παρεμβαλουσιν παρεμβαλοῦσιν παρεμβολαί παρεμβολαίς παρεμβολας παρεμβολάς παρεμβολὰς παρεμβολή παρεμβολην παρεμβολήν παρεμβολὴν παρεμβολης παρεμβολής παρεμβολῆς παρεμβολών parembalousin parembaloûsin parembolas parembolàs parembolen parembolēn parembolḗn parembolḕn paremboles parembolês parembolēs parembolē̂s

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 19:43 V-FIA-3P
GRK: σὲ καὶ παρεμβαλοῦσιν οἱ ἐχθροί
INT: you that will cast around the enemies

Acts 21:34 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν
NAS: him to be brought into the barracks.
KJV: to be carried into the castle.
INT: into the barracks

Acts 21:37 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ὁ Παῦλος
NAS: to be brought into the barracks, he said
KJV: into the castle, he said
INT: into the barracks Paul

Acts 22:24 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν εἴπας μάστιξιν
NAS: him to be brought into the barracks, stating
KJV: into the castle, and bade
INT: into the barracks having directed by flogging

Acts 23:10 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν
NAS: and bring him into the barracks.
KJV: to bring [him] into the castle.
INT: into the barracks

Acts 23:16 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ
NAS: and entered the barracks and told
KJV: into the castle, and told
INT: into the barracks he reported [it]

Acts 23:32 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν
NAS: on with him, they returned to the barracks.
KJV: and returned to the castle:
INT: to the barracks

Hebrews 11:34 N-AFP
GRK: ἐν πολέμῳ παρεμβολὰς ἔκλιναν ἀλλοτρίων
NAS: put foreign armies to flight.
KJV: turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
INT: in war [the] armies made to give way of foreigners

Hebrews 13:11 N-GFS
GRK: ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς
NAS: are burned outside the camp.
KJV: are burned without the camp.
INT: outside the camp

Hebrews 13:13 N-GFS
GRK: ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν
NAS: out to Him outside the camp, bearing
KJV: him without the camp, bearing his
INT: outside the camp the reproach

Revelation 20:9 N-AFS
GRK: ἐκύκλευσαν τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν ἁγίων
NAS: and surrounded the camp of the saints
KJV: compassed the camp of the saints
INT: encircled the camp of the saints

Strong's Greek 3925
11 Occurrences

παρεμβαλοῦσιν — 1 Occ.
παρεμβολὰς — 1 Occ.
παρεμβολήν — 7 Occ.
παρεμβολῆς — 2 Occ.