Bible Dictionary
STORE-CITIES
Store-cities were fortified centers used as depots for provisions and magazines for arms. Pharaoh compelled the Israelites to build such cities, including Pithom and Raamses.
Definition
Store-cities were depots for provisions and magazines for arms. The term is used of the cities that Pharaoh compelled the Israelites to build, especially Pithom and Raamses.
Biblical Usage
Store-cities appear in the account of Israel’s oppression in Egypt, where their construction formed part of the labor imposed by Pharaoh.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>stor'-cit-iz (mickenoth): the Revised Version (British and American) Ex 1:11 (of PITHOM and RAAMSES (which see)) for the King James Version "treasure cities" (compare 1Ki 9:19; 2Ch 8:4,6; 16:4, etc.). Depots of provisions and magazines of arms.</p>