What is The Meaning of Bulwark?
Bulwark in Scripture means a fortress or a defensive wall against the enemy's devices.
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Other Definitions of Bulwark
- A bulwark is a defensive structure
- Bulwark also means to fortify something with a wall or rampart.
- A bulwark is a seawall that runs perpendicular to the shore.
Scriptures That Define Bulwark As Wall of Earth or Other Material Built for A Defense
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Deuteronomy 20:20
Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall. -
Isaiah 26:1
In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
More Scriptures Showing A Bulwark as Something That Provides Protection For Or Against Something
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Jeremiah 50:15
Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her. -
Psalms 48:13
Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation. -
Ecclesiastes 9:14
There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
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