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Lexicon :: Strong's G3794 - ochyrōma

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ὀχύρωμα
Transliteration
ochyrōma (Key)
Pronunciation
okh-oo'-ro-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a remote derivative of ἔχω (G2192) (meaning to fortify, through the idea of holding safely)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:590,752

Strong’s Definitions

ὀχύρωμα ochýrōma, okh-oo'-ro-mah; from a remote derivative of G2192 (meaning to fortify, through the idea of holding safely); a castle (figuratively, argument):—stronghold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3794 in the following manner: strong hold (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3794 in the following manner: strong hold (1x).

  1. a castle, stronghold, fortress, fastness

  2. anything on which one relies

    1. of the arguments and reasonings by which a disputant endeavours to fortify his opinion and defend it against his opponent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀχύρωμα ochýrōma, okh-oo'-ro-mah; from a remote derivative of G2192 (meaning to fortify, through the idea of holding safely); a castle (figuratively, argument):—stronghold.
STRONGS G3794:
ὀχύρωμα, ὀχυρώματος, τό (ὀχυρόω (to make strong, to fortify));
1. properly, a castle, stronghold, fortress, fastness, the Sept. for מִבְצָר, etc.; very often in 1 and 2 Macc.; Xenophon, Hellen. 3, 2, 3.
2. tropically, anything on which one relies: καθεῖλε τό ὀχύρωμα, ἐφ' ᾧ ἐπεποίθεισαν, Proverbs 21:22; ὀχύρωμα ὁσίου φόβος κυρίου, Proverbs 10:29; in 2 Corinthians 10:4 of the arguments and reasonings by which a disputant endeavors to fortify his opinion and defend it against his opponent.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
10:29; 21:22
2 Corinthians
10:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3794 matches the Greek ὀχύρωμα (ochyrōma),
which occurs 35 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where the king's prisoners are kept, there in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - But remember me of thyself, when it shall be well with thee, and thou shalt deal mercifully with me, and thou shalt make mention of me to Pharao, and thou shalt bring me forth out of this dungeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - And Pharao having sent, called Joseph; and they brought him out from the prison, and shaved him, and changed his dress, and he came to Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - And the hand of Madiam prevailed against Israel: and the children of Israel made for themselves because of Madiam the caves in the mountains, and the dens, and the [fn]holes in the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - And all the men of the tower of Sychem heard, and came to the [fn]gathering of Bæthel-berith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - And they cut down likewise even every man a branch, and went after Abimelech, and laid them against the place of gathering, and burnt the place of gathering over them with fire; and they died, even all the men of the tower of Sicima, about a thousand men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2 - And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt [fn]utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 - Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled me, and has raised his bulwark against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 - (LXX 88:41) Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast made his strong holds a terror.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 - The fear of the Lord is a strong hold of the saints: but ruin comes to them that work wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The desires of the ungodly are evil; but the roots of the godly are firmly set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:22 - A wise man assaults strong cities, and demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28 - And the eft, which supports itself by its hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 - and that they had pulled down the houses of Jerusalem, to fortify the wall of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14 - Howl, ye ships of Carthage: for your strong hold is destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 - And they shall gather the multitude thereof into prisons, and they shall shut them into a strong hold: after many generations they shall be visited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - And thorns shall spring up in their cities, and in her strong holds: and they shall be habitations of [fn]monsters, and a court for ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 - (LXX 31:7) Since thou hast trusted in thy strong-hold, therefore thou shalt be taken: and Chamos shall go forth into captivity, and his priests, and his princes together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - (LXX 31:18) Come down from thy glory, and sit down in a damp place: Dæbon shall be broken, because Moab is destroyed: there has gone up against thee one to ravage thy strong-hold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - (LXX 31:41) Carioth is taken, and the strong-holds have been taken together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - (LXX 30:16) Behold, he shall look upon her as an eagle, and spread forth his wings over her strongholds; and the heart of the mighty men of Idumea shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - Beth. In the day of his wrath the Lord has overwhelmed her as in the sea, and not spared: he has brought down in his fury all the beautiful things of Jacob; he has brought down to the ground the strong-holds of the daughter of Juda: he has profaned her king and her princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he has overwhelmed Israel as in the sea, he has overwhelmed her palaces: he has destroyed his strong-holds, and has multiplied the afflicted and humbled ones to the daughter of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - And he shall do thus in the strong places of refuge with a strange god, and shall increase his glory: and he shall subject many to them, and shall distribute the land in gifts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43 - And he shall have the mastery over the secret treasures of gold and silver, and over all the desirable possessions of Egypt, and of the Libyans and Ethiopians in their strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 - who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - (LXX 5:10) and I will utterly destroy the cities of thy land, and demolish all thy strong-holds:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All thy strong-holds are as fig-trees having watchers: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw thee water for a siege, and well secure thy strong-holds: enter into the clay, and be thou trodden in the chaff, make the fortifications stronger than brick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 - And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - And Tyrus built strong-holds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:12 - Ye shall dwell in strongholds, ye prisoners of the congregation: and for one day of thy [fn]captivity I will recompense thee double.
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