Bible Dictionary
BULWARK
A bulwark is a fortified wall, rampart, defense, or battlement. Scripture uses the term for protective fortifications around cities and strongholds.
Definition
A bulwark is a fortified wall, rampart, defense, or battlement. The term describes a protective feature of a city or stronghold and may refer generally to fortification.
Biblical Usage
The word is used in passages concerning fortified places, city defenses, and battlements. Its biblical applications are chiefly architectural and military.
Historical Background
Several Hebrew terms are translated by “bulwark,” including words associated with a wall, fortress, or fortified place. In 2 Chronicles 26:15 the Revised Version uses “battlements.”
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>bool'-wark: The word represents several Hebrew terms (chel, Isa 26:1; chelah, Ps 48:13; matsodh, Ec 9:14; matsor, De 20:20). In 2Ch 26:15 the word is translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "battlements."</p><p>See FORTIFICATION.</p>