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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' 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - So Joseph’s master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - “Only remember me when it goes well with you, and please show me lovingkindness by remembering me to Pharaoh and getting me out of this house.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 -

Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they rushed him out of the pit; and he shaved himself and changed his clothes, and he came to Pharaoh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - And the [fn]power of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens which were in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 -

Then all the lords of the tower of Shechem heard of it, and they entered the inner chamber of the [fn]temple of El-berith.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - And all the people also cut down each one his branch and followed Abimelech and put them on the inner chamber and set the inner chamber on fire over those inside, so that all the men of the tower of Shechem also died, about one thousand men and women.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2 - He said,

“Yahweh is my [fn]rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - Then Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” Then he said, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their fortifications you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their infants you will dash in pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip up.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 -

Know then that God has wronged me

And has closed His net around me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 -

You have broken down all his walls;

You have beset his strongholds with ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 -

The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the one with integrity,

But ruin to the workers of iniquity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 -

He who cultivates his land will be satisfied with bread,

But he who pursues empty things lacks a heart of wisdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 -

The wicked man desires a stronghold of evil men,

But the root of the righteous gives fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:22 -

A wise man goes up to the city of the mighty

And brings down the [fn]stronghold in which they trust.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28 -

The lizard you may grasp with the hands,

Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 -

Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem

And tore down houses to fortify the wall.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14 -

Wail, O ships of Tarshish,

For your strong defense is destroyed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 -

They will be gathered together

Like prisoners in the [fn]pit,

And will be confined in prison;

And after many days they will be punished.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 -

And thorns will come up in its fortified towers,

Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;

It will also be a haunt of jackals

And an abode of ostriches.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 -

“For because of your trust in your own works and treasures,

Even you yourself will be captured;

And Chemosh will go off into exile

Together with his priests and his princes.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 -

“Come down from your glory

And inhabit [fn]the parched ground,

O inhabitant of the daughter of Dibon;

For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you,

He has ruined your strongholds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 -

“Kerioth has been captured,

And the strongholds have been seized,

So the hearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day

Will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Behold, [fn]He will mount up and swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings [fn]against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 -

Beth

The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared

All the habitations of Jacob.

In His wrath He has pulled down

The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;

He has brought them down to the ground;

He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 -

He

The Lord has become like an enemy.

He has swallowed up Israel;

He has swallowed up all its palaces;

He has brought its strongholds to ruin

And multiplied in the daughter of Judah

Mourning and moaning.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “And he will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to [fn]those who recognize him and will cause them to rule over the many and will apportion land for a price.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43 - “But he will rule over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the desirable things of Egypt; and Libyans and Ethiopians will follow at his [fn]heels.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 -

It is He who flashes forth with devastation upon the strong

So that devastation comes upon the fortification.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 -

“And I will cut off the cities of your land

And pull down all your fortifications.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 -

All your fortifications are fig trees with [fn]ripe fruit

When shaken, they fall into the eater’s mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 -

Draw for yourself water for the siege!

Strengthen your fortifications!

Go into the clay and tread the mortar!

[fn]Take hold of the brick mold!

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 -

“And they mock at kings,

And rulers are a laughing matter to them.

They laugh at every fortress

And heap up dirt and capture it.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 -

So Tyre built herself a tight fortification

And tied up silver like dust

And fine gold like the mire of the streets.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:12 -

Return to the [fn]stronghold, O prisoners [fn]who have the hope;

This very day I am declaring that I will return double to you.

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