# H6076 עֹפֶל

עֹפֶל (ʻôphel), Strong’s H6076: a tumor; also a mound, i.e. fortress KJV: emerod, fort, strong hold, tower.. Occurs 9 times.

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*ʻôphel* — a tumor; also a mound, i.e. fortress

KJV: emerod, fort, strong hold, tower.

Derived from [עָפַל ʻâphal](https://besorah.bible/word/H6075) (to swell)

Occurs 9 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֹ֫פֶל n.[m.] mound, hill, only as acropolis
- עֹ֫פֶל n.m
- [עֹ֫פֶל] n.m. tumour;—only pl. Kt

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 28:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=27) — The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with the tumors, with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can…
- [1 Samuel 5:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/5?v=6) — But the LORD’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and he destroyed them and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod…
- [1 Samuel 5:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/5?v=9) — It was so, that after they had carried it there, the LORD’s hand was against the city with a very great confusion; and…
- [1 Samuel 5:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/5?v=12) — The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
- [1 Samuel 6:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/6?v=4) — Then they said, “What should the trespass offering be which we shall return to him?” They said, “Five golden tumors and…
- [1 Samuel 6:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/6?v=5) — Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to…
- [2 Kings 5:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/5?v=24) — When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stored them in the house. Then he let the men go, and they…
- [Isaiah 32:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/32?v=14) — For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens…
- [Micah 4:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/4?v=8) — You, tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come. Yes, the former dominion will come, the…