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# stronghold
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## Related Ideas:
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battlement, city wall, fortification, fortified, fortress
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## Definition:
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The terms "stronghold" and "fortress" both refer to places that are well protected against an attack by enemy soldiers. The term "fortified" describes a city or other place that has been made safe from attack.
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* Often, strongholds and fortresses were manmade structures with defensive walls. They could also have been places with natural protective barriers such as rocky cliffs or high mountains.
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* People fortified strongholds by building thick walls or other structures that made it difficult for an enemy to break through.
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* "Stronghold" or "fortress" could be translated as "securely strong place" or "strongly protected place."
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* The term "fortified city" could be translated as "securely protected city" or "strongly built city."
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* These ideas were also used figuratively to refer to God as a stronghold or fortress for those who trust in him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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* Another figurative meaning for the term "stronghold" referred to something that someone wrongly trusted in for security, such as a false god or other thing that was worshiped instead of Yahweh. This could be translated as "false strongholds."
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* This term should be translated differently from "refuge," which emphasizes safety more than the concept of being fortified.
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* A "city wall" was tall, strong wall around a city that was meant to keep enemies out of the city.
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* A "battlement" is a low wall along the top of a city wall that soldiers could hide behind and shoot through at their enemies below.
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(See also: [false god](../kt/falsegod.md), [false god](../kt/falsegod.md), [refuge](../other/refuge.md), [Yahweh](../kt/yahweh.md))
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## Picture of a Stronghold:
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<a href="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/s/Stronghold.png"><img src="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/s/Stronghold.png" ></a>
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## Bible References:
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* [2 Corinthians 10:04](rc://en/tn/help/2co/10/04)
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* [2 Kings 08:10-12](rc://en/tn/help/2ki/08/10)
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* [2 Samuel 05:8-10](rc://en/tn/help/2sa/05/08)
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* [Acts 21:35](rc://en/tn/help/act/21/35)
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* [Habakkuk 01:10-11](rc://en/tn/help/hab/01/10)
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## Word Data:
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* Strong's: H759, H1001, H1002, H1003, H1219, H1225, H2388, H4013, H4026, H4581, H4526, H4679, H4685, H4686, H4692, H4694, H4869, H5794, H5797, H5800, H6438, H7682, G3794, G3925
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## Forms Found in the English ULB:
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battlements, city wall, fortifications, fortified, fortress, fortresses, stronghold, strongholds
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