King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5482
Transliteration: charax
Phonetic Spelling: (khar'-ax)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a pointed stake, a rampart
Meaning: a pointed stake, a rampart
χάραξ, χαρακος, ὁ (χαράσσω);
Word Summary
charax: a pointed stake, a rampart
Original Word: χάραξTransliteration: charax
Phonetic Spelling: (khar'-ax)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a pointed stake, a rampart
Meaning: a pointed stake, a rampart
Strong's Concordance
trench. From charasso (to sharpen to a point; akin to grapho through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege) -- trench.
see GREEK grapho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5482: χάραξχάραξ, 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).