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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 prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - “Only [fn]keep me in mind when it goes well for you, and please do me a kindness [fn]by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this [fn]prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 -

Then Pharaoh sent word and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - 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 -

When all the [fn]leaders of the tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered the inner chamber of the [fn]temple of El-berith.

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

“The LORD is my [fn]rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?” And he [fn]answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: you will set their fortified cities on fire, you will kill their young men with the sword, their little ones you will smash to pieces, and you will rip up their pregnant women.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 -

Know then that God has wronged me

And has surrounded me with His net.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 -

You have broken down all his walls;

You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 -

The way of the LORD is a stronghold for the upright,

But ruin to the workers of injustice.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 -

One who works his land will have plenty of bread,

But one who pursues worthless things lacks [fn]sense.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 -

The wicked person desires the [fn]plunder of evil people,

But the root of the righteous yields fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:22 -

A wise person scales 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, you ships of Tarshish,

For your stronghold is destroyed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 -

They will be gathered together

Like prisoners in the [fn]dungeon,

And will be confined in prison;

And after many days they will be punished.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 -

Thorns will come up in its fortified towers,

Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;

It will also be a haunt of jackals

And a habitat of ostriches.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 -

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

You yourself will also be captured;

And Chemosh will go off into exile

Together with his priests and his leaders.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 -

“Come down from your glory

And sit on the parched ground,

O daughter living in 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 warriors of Moab on 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 warriors of Edom on that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 -

The Lord has [fn]destroyed; He has not spared

All the settlements of Jacob.

In His wrath He has overthrown

The strongholds of the daughter of Judah,

He has hurled them down to the ground;

He has profaned the kingdom and its leaders.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 -

The Lord has become like an enemy.

He has engulfed Israel;

He has engulfed all its palaces,

He has destroyed its strongholds

And caused great mourning and grieving in the daughter of Judah.

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 acknowledge him and will make them rulers over the many, and will parcel out land for a price.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43 - “But he will [fn]gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and Libyans and Ethiopians will follow at his [fn]heels.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 -

It is He who makes destruction flash upon the strong,

So that destruction comes upon the fortress.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 -

“I will also eliminate the cities of your land,

And tear 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 a siege!

Strengthen your fortifications!

Go into the clay and tread the mortar!

Take hold of the brick mold!

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 -

“They make fun of kings,

And dignitaries are an object of laughter to them.

They laugh at every fortress,

Then heap up dirt and [fn]capture it.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 -

For Tyre built herself a fortress,

And piled up silver like dust,

And gold like the mud of the streets.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:12 -

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

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

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