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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 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - “Only [fn]keep me in mind when it goes well with you, and please do me a kindness [fn]by mentioning me to Pharaoh and 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 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:2

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.

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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 inner chamber of the [fn]temple of El-berith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - 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 a thousand men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” Then he [fn]answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their little ones you will dash in pieces, and their women with child you will rip up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 - Know then that God has wronged me
And has closed His net around me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 - You have broken down all his walls;
You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

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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 upright,
But ruin to the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 - He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who pursues worthless things lacks [fn]sense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The wicked man desires the [fn]booty of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields 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 [fn]stronghold in which they trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28 - The lizard you may grasp with the hands,
Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 - Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem
And tore down 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 destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:22

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - Thorns will come up in its fortified towers,
Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of jackals
And an abode of ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 - “For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures,
Even you yourself will be captured;
And Chemosh will go off into exile
Together with his priests and his princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - “Come down from your glory
And sit [fn]on the parched ground,
O daughter dwelling in Dibon,
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you,
He has ruined your strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:41

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:22

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared
All the habitations of Jacob.
In His wrath He has thrown down
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought them down to the ground;
He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

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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 destroyed its strongholds
And multiplied in the daughter of Judah
Mourning and moaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “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 cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out land for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:43

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 - It is He who flashes forth with destruction upon the strong,
So that destruction comes upon the fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - “I will also cut off the cities of your land
And tear down all your fortifications.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All your fortifications are fig trees with [fn]ripe fruit—
When shaken, they fall into the eater’s mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw for yourself water for the siege!
Strengthen your fortifications!
Go into the clay and tread the mortar!
Take hold of the brick mold!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 - “They mock at kings
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They laugh at every fortress
And heap up rubble to capture it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - For Tyre built herself a fortress
And piled up silver like dust,
And gold like the mire of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:12

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 restore double to you.
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