Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A place where weapons and instruments of war are kept; an arsenal; 2. (n.) Armor; defensive and offensive arms. 3. (n.) A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords. 4. (n.) Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings. 5. (n.) That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ARMORY ar'-mer-i: (1) ('otsar; thesauros): A storehouse (1 Kings 7:51 Nehemiah 10:38), but employed figuratively of the stored-up anger of Yahweh which breaks forth in judgments (Jeremiah 50:25). (2) (nesheq): Identical with Solomon's "house of the forest of Lebanon," the arsenal close to the temple (1 Kings 10:17 Nehemiah 3:19 Isaiah 22:8), in which were stored the shields and targets of beaten gold. (3) (talpiyoth): A puzzling word rendered "armory" in our versions (Songs 4:4)-"the tower of David builded for an armory, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men." the Revised Version margin renders "builded with turrets." T. Nicol.

Multi-Version Concordance Armory (5 Occurrences) 2 Kings 20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all his treasure-house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures; there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. (See RSV NIV) Nehemiah 3:19 Next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall. (WEB ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV) Song of Songs 4:4 Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, whereon a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men. (WEB ASV WBS) Isaiah 39:2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them his treasure-house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures; there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. (See NAS RSV NIV) Jeremiah 50:25 Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans. (WEB ASV WBS NAS RSV)