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Lexicon :: Strong's G5482 - charax

Aa
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 - 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 wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:12 - And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad 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 BoxEcc 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 BoxIsa 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 - And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 - Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:4 - For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down to make a defence against the mounds and against the sword;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2 - and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:8

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