G5482Greekcháraká

χάρακά

a stake, i.e., (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege)

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Detailed Definition

  • 1a pale or stake, a palisade
  • 2pales between which earth, stones, trees, and timbers are heaped and packed together
  • 3a palisade or rampart

Etymology & Derivation

from ??????? (to sharpen to a point; akin to g1125 through the idea of scratching)

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