Strong's Definition
a tumor; also a mound, i.e. fortress
Derivation: from H6075 (עָפַל);
KJV Usage: emerod, fort, strong hold, tower.
TWOT Reference: 1662a,b
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֹ֫פֶל (o.phel) — hill. hill, mound, fort, stronghold, Ophel
עֹ֫פֶל (o.phel) — tumor. tumour, hemorrhoid
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · עפל
Impact | ≈ גָּרָב · חֶרֶס · טְחֹרִים · שְׁחִין
tumor always as K of טְחֹרִים; exact meaning uncertain: = swelling of internal parts of the body or sores; ◄ probably due to an infectious disease such as dysentery or bubonic plague; ≈ regarded as painful, enfeebling and threatening to a community
1 DEU 28:27 · 1SA 5:6 · 1SA 5:9 · 1SA 5:12 · 1SA 6:4 · 1SA 6:5 MT-K | MT-Q טְחֹרִים
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֹ֫פֶל n.[m.] mound, hill, only as acropolis base
[עֹ֫פֶל] n.m. tumour;—only pl. Kt base