Lexical Definition

‎צְרִיחַ‎ tsᵉrîyach (tser-ee'-akh) stronghold ^H:N-M
from ‎צָרַח‎ in the sense of clearness of vision

high place, hold.

• a citadel

1) excavation, underground chamber, cellar, underground room
1a) meaning uncertain

See Greek: ὀχύρωμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צְרִיחַ‎ noun [masculine] perhaps excavation, underground chamber; — ‎׳‎‎צ‎ absolute Judg 9:49, construct vJudg 9:46 plural ‎צְרִחִים‎ 1Sam 13:6 — used as hiding-places 1Sam 13:6 (+ ‎מְעָרוֺת‎, ‎חֲוָחִים‎, ‎סְלָעִים‎, ‎בֹּרוֺת‎); as refuge Judg 9:46 (where connected with shrine), vJudg 9:49 (Vrss stronghold; on uncertainty of meaning see GFM). ‎צֹרִי‎ see I. ‎צֹר‎. ‎צֳרִי‎, ‎צְרִי‎, ‎צְרֻיָה‎ see ‎צרה‎. above,

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