Ophel

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ophel
     hill; mound, the long, narrow, rounded promontory on the
     southern slope of the temple hill, between the Tyropoeon and the
     Kedron valley (2 Chr. 27:3; 33:14; Neh. 3:26, 27). It was
     surrounded by a separate wall, and was occupied by the Nethinim
     after the Captivity. This wall has been discovered by the


     engineers of the Palestine Exploration Fund at the south-eastern
     angle of the temple area. It is 4 feet below the present
     surface. In 2 Kings 5:24 this word is translated "tower" (R.V.,
     "hill"), denoting probably some eminence near Elisha's house.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ophel, a tower; darkness; small white cloud