Castle

A military fortress (1 Chr. 11:7), also probably a kind of tower used by the priests for making known anything discovered at a distance (1 Chr. 6:54). Castles are also mentioned (Gen. 25:16) as a kind of watch-tower, from which shepherds kept watch over their flocks by night. The “castle” into which the chief captain commanded Paul to be brought was the quarters of the Roman soldiers in the fortress of Antonia (so called by Herod after his patron Mark Antony), which was close to the north-west corner of the temple (Acts 21:34), which it commanded.

[Fenced Cities CITIES]

CAS'TLE, in Acts 21:34, 2 Kgs 18:37; Acts 22:24; Acts 23:10, Ex 17:16, Jud 1:32, means "the fortress at the north-west corner of the temple in Jerusalem. It was called by Herod the Tower of Antonia, in honor of his patron, Mark Antony. The temple was a kind of citadel that guarded Jerusalem, and so the Tower of Antonia was a fortress that commanded the temple." נ-Ayre.

CAS'TLE, in Acts 21:34, 2 Kgs 18:37; Acts 22:24; Acts 23:10, Ex 17:16, Jud 1:32, means "the fortress at the north-west corner of the temple in Jerusalem. It was called by Herod the Tower of Antonia, in honor of his patron, Mark Antony. The temple was

a kind of citadel that guarded Jerusalem, and so the Tower of Antonia was a fortress that commanded the temple." נ-Ayre.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress. The house of every one is to him castle and fortress, as well for his defense againts injury and violence, as for his repose. Coke. Our castle's strength Will laugh a siege to scorn. Shak.

2. Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.

3. A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.

4. A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook. Castle in the air, a visionary project; a baseless scheme; an air castle; -- sometimes called a castle in Spain (F. Château en Espagne).

Synonyms: Fortress; fortification; citadel; stronghold. See Fortress.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.