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Lexicon :: Strong's G5482 - charax

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χάραξ
Transliteration
charax (Key)
Pronunciation
khar'-ax
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From charasso (to sharpen to a point, akin to γράφω (G1125) through the idea of scratching)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
12x in 3 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

χάραξ chárax, khar'-ax; from χαράσσω charássō (to sharpen to a point; akin to G1125 through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege):—trench.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G5482 in the following manner: trench (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G5482 in the following manner: trench (1x).
  1. a pale or stake, a palisade

  2. a palisade or rampart

    1. pales between which earth, stones, trees, and timbers are heaped and packed together

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χάραξ chárax, khar'-ax; from χαράσσω charássō (to sharpen to a point; akin to G1125 through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege):—trench.
STRONGS G5482:
χάραξ, χαρακος, (χαράσσω);
1. a pale or stake, a palisade ((Aristophanes, Demosthenes, others)).
2. a palisade or rampart (i. e. pales between which earth, stones, trees and timbers are heaped and packed together): Luke 19:43 (Isaiah 37:33; Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 26:8; Polybius; Josephus, Vita43; Arrian exp. Alex. 2, 19, 9; Plutarch, others).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
37:33
Ezekiel
4:2; 26:8
Luke
19:43

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5482 matches the Greek χάραξ (charax),
which occurs 12 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 -

“When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it in order to capture it, do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can get food from them. Do not cut them down. Are trees of the field human, to come under siege by you?

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:12 -

When Ben-hadad heard this response, while he and the kings were drinking in their quarters,[fn] he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they took their positions against the city.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 -

There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 -

I will camp in a circle around you;

I will besiege you with earth ramps,

and I will set up my siege towers against you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 -

His rock[fn] will pass away because of fear,

and his officers will be afraid because of the signal flag.

This is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 -

“Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:

He will not enter this city,

shoot an arrow here,

come before it with a shield,

or build up a siege ramp against it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:4 -

“For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the houses of this city and the palaces of Judah’s kings, the ones torn down for defense against the assault ramps and the sword:

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2 -

“Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp, pitch military camps, and place battering rams against it on all sides.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 -

“The answer marked[fn] Jerusalem appears in his right hand, indicating that he should set up battering rams, give the order to[fn] slaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:8 -

“He will slaughter your villages on the mainland with the sword. He will set up siege works, build a ramp, and raise a wall of shields against you.

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