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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 Box Deu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:12 - And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 - And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:4 - For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2 - And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:8 - He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
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