G5482

χάραξ

charaxG:N-M

barricade

χάραξ, -ακος, ὁ (χαράσσω), [in LXX for סֹלְלָה, מָצוֹר, etc. ;] __1. a pointed stake __2. a palisade or rampart: Luk.19:43.† (AS)

The KJV translates G5482 in the following manner:

trench (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

χάραξ — chárax

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): Luk 19:43 (Isa 37:33; Eze 4:2; Eze 26:8; Polybius; Josephus, Vita43; Arrian exp. Alex. 2, 19, 9; Plutarch, others).

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