G5482Greekcháraká
χάρακά
a stake, i.e., (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege)
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Old Testament
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New Testament
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)