What does παρεμβολή (parembolḗ) mean in the Bible?
παρεμβολή (parembolḗ): Military encampment or fortified position, ranging from battle formations to soldiers' quarters.
Greek · G3925
παρεμβολή
Barracks
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παρεμβολή G3925
Pronunciation parembolḗ
What does παρεμβολή (parembolḗ) mean in the Bible?
παρεμβολή (parembolḗ): Military encampment or fortified position, ranging from battle formations to soldiers' quarters.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3925?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include barracks (6), camp (3), armies {to flight} (1), vvv (1).
Where does παρεμβολή (parembolḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 19:43. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (6), Hebrews (3), Luke (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It barracks 6× Acts 21:34, Acts 21:37, Acts 22:24, Acts 23:10
camp 3× Hebrews 13:11, Hebrews 13:13, Revelation 20:9
armies {to flight} 1× Hebrews 11:34
vvv 1× Luke 19:43
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 19:43 παρεμβαλοῦσιν to vvv Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Acts 21:34 παρεμβολήν to barracks Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 21:37 παρεμβολὴν to barracks Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 22:24 παρεμβολήν to barracks Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 23:10 παρεμβολήν to barracks Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 23:16 παρεμβολὴν to barracks Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 23:32 παρεμβολήν to barracks Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Hebrews 11:34 παρεμβολὰς to armies {to flight} Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Hebrews 13:11 παρεμβολῆς to camp Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Hebrews 13:13 παρεμβολῆς to camp Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 19:43
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 4
Luke 1 Acts 6 Hebrews 3 Revelation 1
Source forms
παρεμβολήν 4x parembolēn Acts 21:34, Acts 22:24, Acts 23:10, Acts 23:32
παρεμβολὴν 3x parembolēn Acts 21:37, Acts 23:16, Revelation 20:9
παρεμβολῆς 2x parembolēs Hebrews 13:11, Hebrews 13:13
παρεμβαλοῦσιν 1x parembalousin Luke 19:43
παρεμβολὰς 1x parembolas Hebrews 11:34
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 7x Acts 21:34, Acts 21:37, Acts 22:24, Acts 23:10
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Hebrews 13:11, Hebrews 13:13
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Hebrews 11:34
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Luke 19:43
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Military encampment or fortified position, ranging from battle formations to soldiers' quarters.
Strong's G3925
Lexical occurrences 10 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 3 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
barracks
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 21:34 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
παρεμβολήν. parembolhn
a camp, barracks, army in battle array
Read verse Acts 21:37 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
παρεμβολὴν parembolhn
a camp, barracks, army in battle array
Read verse Acts 22:24 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
παρεμβολήν, parembolhn
a camp, barracks, army in battle array
Read verse Acts 23:10 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
παρεμβολήν. parembolhn
a camp, barracks, army in battle array
Read verse Acts 23:16 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
παρεμβολήν, parembolhn
a camp, barracks, army in battle array
Read verse Acts 23:32 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
παρεμβολήν· parembolhn
a camp, barracks, army in battle array
Read verse Hebrews 11:34 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
παρεμβολὰς parembolav
a camp, barracks, army in battle array
Read verse Hebrews 13:11 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
παρεμβολῆς. parembolhv
a camp, barracks, army in battle array
Read verse Hebrews 13:13 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
παρεμβολῆς, parembolhv
a camp, barracks, army in battle array
Read verse Revelation 20:9 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
παρεμβολὴν parembolhn
a camp, barracks, army in battle array
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Accusative (8) Number pattern Singular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 13:11 · Heb 13:13 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 21:34 · Acts 21:37 · Acts 22:24 · Acts 23:10 · Acts 23:16 · Acts 23:32 · Rev 20:9 7×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Heb 11:34 1×
Word Origins
παρεμβολή is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain