παρεμβολή

parembolē

barracks

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Strong’s G3925Noun, feminine10 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Acts6

Hebrews3

Revelation1

Translated as

barracks6

camp3

the armies1

In the text

Acts 21:34παρεμβολήν
Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
Hebrews 11:34παρεμβολὰς
quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
Revelation 20:9παρεμβολὴν
And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

Abbott-Smith

παρ-εμ-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(παρεμβάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for מַחֲנֶה ;]

1. an insertion, interpolation (Æschin.)

2. In the Macedonian dialect (Rutherford, NPhr., 473), as a military term;

(a) an army in battle array: Heb.11:34 (cf. Exo.14:19-20, Jdg.4:16, al.; frequently in Polyb.);

(b) a camp (Exo.29:14, al.) : Heb.13:11, 13 Rev.20:9;

(with) barracks, soldiers' quarters: Act.21:34, 37 22:24 23:10, 16 23:32 28:16 (WH, txt., R, om.).†
παρ-εμ-βάλλω,
[in LXX frequently and chiefly for מַחֲנֶה ;]

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 (frequently in 1Ma.2:32, al.);

(b) of siege works, to cast up: with accusative and dative, χάρακά σοι, Luk.19:43.†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.