Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #5482: charax (pronounced khar'-ax)

from charasso (to sharpen to a point; akin to 1125 through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege):--trench.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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charax

1) a pale or stake, a palisade

2) a palisade or rampart

2a) pales between which earth, stones, trees, and timbers are heaped and packed together

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from charasso (to sharpen to a point, akin to G1125 through the idea of scratching)

Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

 

Luke 19:43: "that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round,"