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Lexicon :: Strong's G5482 - charax

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χάραξ
Transliteration
charax (Key)
Pronunciation
khar'-ax
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From charasso (to sharpen to a point, akin to γράφω (G1125) through the idea of scratching)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
12x in 3 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

χάραξ chárax, khar'-ax; from χαράσσω charássō (to sharpen to a point; akin to G1125 through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege):—trench.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G5482 in the following manner: trench (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G5482 in the following manner: trench (1x).

  1. a pale or stake, a palisade

  2. a palisade or rampart

    1. pales between which earth, stones, trees, and timbers are heaped and packed together

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χάραξ chárax, khar'-ax; from χαράσσω charássō (to sharpen to a point; akin to G1125 through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege):—trench.
STRONGS G5482:
χάραξ, χαρακος, ὁ (χαράσσω);
1. a pale or stake, a palisade ((Aristophanes, Demosthenes, others)).
2. a palisade or rampart (i. e. pales between which earth, stones, trees and timbers are heaped and packed together): Luke 19:43 (Isaiah 37:33; Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 26:8; Polybius; Josephus, Vita43; Arrian exp. Alex. 2, 19, 9; Plutarch, others).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
37:33
Ezekiel
4:2; 26:8
Luke
19:43

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5482 matches the Greek χάραξ (charax),
which occurs 12 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - And if thou shouldest besiege [fn]a city many days to prevail against it by war to take it, thou shalt not destroy its trees, by applying an iron tool to them, but thou shalt eat of it, and shalt not cut it down: Is the tree that is in the field a man, to enter [fn]before thee into [fn]the work of the siege?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:12 - (LXX 21:12) And it came to pass when he returned him this answer, he and all the kings with him were drinking in tents: and he said to his servants, [fn]Form a trench. And they made a trench against the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - suppose there were a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds against it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 - And I will compass thee about like David, and will raise a mound about thee, and set up towers round thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and he that flees shall be taken. Thus saith the Lord, Blessed is he that has a seed in Sion, and household friends in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 - Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, nor cast a weapon against it, nor bring a shield against it, nor make a rampart round it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:4 - (LXX 40:4) For thus saith the Lord concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the king of Juda, which have been pulled down for mounds and fortifications,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2 - And thou shalt besiege it, and build works against it, and throw up a mound round about it, and pitch camps against it, and set up engines round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - (LXX 21:27) On his right was the divination against Jerusalem, to cast a mound, to open the mouth in shouting, to lift up the voice with crying, to cast a mound against her gates, to cast up a heap, and to build forts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:8 - He shall slay thy daughters that are in the field with the sword, and shall set a watch against thee, and build forts around thee, and carry a rampart round against thee, and set up warlike works, and array his spears against thee.
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