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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 36 times in 34 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-berith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So every one of the people cut down his bundle and following Abimelech put it against the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about 1,000 men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2 - He said,
“The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 - know then that God has put me in the wrong
and closed his net about me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 - You have breached all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 - The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless,
but destruction to evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 - Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers,
but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:22 - A wise man scales the city of the mighty
and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28 - the lizard you can take in your hands,
yet it is in kings’ palaces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 - and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14 - Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for your stronghold is laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 - They will be gathered together
as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many days they will be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of jackals,
an abode for ostriches.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 - For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
and Chemosh shall go into exile
with his priests and his officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - “Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - the cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of a woman in her birth pains;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord has swallowed up without mercy
all the habitations of Jacob;
in his wrath he has broken down
the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
he has brought down to the ground in dishonor
the kingdom and its rulers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - The Lord has become like an enemy;
he has swallowed up Israel;
he has swallowed up all its palaces;
he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
mourning and lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - He shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. Those who acknowledge him he shall load with honor. He shall make them rulers over many and shall divide the land for a price.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43 - He shall become ruler of the treasures of gold and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Cushites shall follow in his train.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 - who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - and I will cut off the cities of your land
and throw down all your strongholds;

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All your fortresses are like fig trees
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 - At kings they scoff,
and at rulers they laugh.
They laugh at every fortress,
for they pile up earth and take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - Tyre has built herself a rampart
and heaped up silver like dust,
and fine gold like the mud of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:12 - Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
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