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Lexicon :: Strong's G3794 - ochyrōma

Aa
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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All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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 35 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El-berith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2 - and he said,
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 -
Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause,
And hath compassed me with his net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 -
Thou hast broken down all his hedges;
Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 -
The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright;
But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 -
The wicked desireth the net of evil men;
But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:22 -
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty,
And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28 -
The lizard taketh hold with her hands,
Yet is she in kings’ palaces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 - and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14 - Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 - And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 - For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 -
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied:
He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 -
The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel;
He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds;
And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god: whosoever acknowledgeth him he will increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43 - But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 - that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 - Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:12 - Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.
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