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Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

χάραξ

Lemmaχάραξ
Citation formχάραξ, ακος, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa mound for besieging
Strong’sG5482
Transliterationchárax
Definitiona stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege)
KJV glosses:--trench.
Derivationfrom (to sharpen to a point; akin to through the idea of scratching)
SBLGNT occurrences1

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
χάρακά
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Luke 19:43

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: χαραξ.