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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3794 - ὀχύρωμα

Transliteration

ochýrōma

Phonetics

okh-oo'-ro-mah

Origin

from a remote derivative of (G2192) (meaning to fortify, through the idea of holding safely)

Parts of Speech

neuter noun

TDNT

5:590,752

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a castle, stronghold, fortress, fastness
anything on which one relies
1. of the arguments and reasonings by which a disputant endeavours to fortify his opinion and defend it against his opponent

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 953 ‑ בּוֹר (bore); 1004 ‑ בַּיִת (bah'‑yith); 1219 ‑ בָּצַר (baw‑tsar'); 1964 ‑ הֵיכָל (hay‑kawl'); 4013 ‑ מִבְצָרָה (mib‑tsawr', mib‑tsaw‑raw'); 4525 ‑ מַסְגֵּר (mas‑gare'); 4639 ‑ מַעֲשֶׂה (mah‑as‑eh'); 4679 ‑ מְצָדָה (mets‑ad', mets‑awd', mets‑aw‑daw'); 4692 ‑ מָצוּר (maw‑tsore', maw‑tsoor'); 5797 ‑ עוֹז (oze, oze); 6877 ‑ צְרִיחַ (tser‑ee'‑akh);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

2 Corinthians 1

BSB (1)

2 Corinthians 1

CSB (1)

2 Corinthians 1

ESV (1)

2 Corinthians 1

KJV (1)

2 Corinthians 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

2 Corinthians 1

N95 (1)

2 Corinthians 1

NAS (1)

2 Corinthians 1

NLT (1)

2 Corinthians 2

WEB (1)

2 Corinthians 1

YLT (1)

2 Corinthians 1

ASV (1)

of strongholds 1

BSB (1)

strongholds 1

CSB (1)

strongholds 1

ESV (1)

strongholds 1

KJV (1)

holds;) 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

strongholds 1

N95 (1)

fortresses 1

NAS (1)

fortresses 1

NLT (1)

strongholds 1

WEB (1)

of strongholds 1

YLT (1)

of strongholds 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-GPN 1

ANT

N-GPN 1

BEZ

N-GPN 1

BGB

N-GPN 1

BMT

N-GPN 1

BYZ

N-GPN 1

ELZ

N-GPN 1

NA26

N-GPN 1

SBL

N-GPN 1

SCV

N-GPN 1

STV

N-GPN 1

TIS

N-GPN 1

TRG

N-GPN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ὀχῠρ-ωμα, ατος, τό,

stronghold, fortress, prison, X. HG 3.2.3, LXX Genesis 39:20, PPetr. 2p.34 (iii B. C.), Plb. 4.6.3, PStrassb. 85.23 (ii B. C.): pl., Phld. Rh. 1.334 S., OGI 455.14 (Aphrodisias, i B. C.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ὀχύρωμα, ὀχυρώματος, τό (ὀχυρόω (to make strong, to fortify));

1. properly, a castle, stronghold, fortress, fastness, the Sept. for מִבְצָר, etc.; very often in 1 and 2 Macc.; Xenophon, Hellen. 3, 2, 3.

2. tropically, anything on which one relies: καθεῖλε τό ὀχύρωμα, ἐφ' ᾧ ἐπεποίθεισαν, Proverbs 21:22; ὀχύρωμα ὁσίου φόβος κυρίου, Proverbs 10:29; in 2 Corinthians 10:4 of the arguments and reasonings by which a disputant endeavors to fortify his opinion and defend it against his opponent.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ὀχύρωμα , -τος , τό

(< ὀχυρόω , to fortify, make firm),

[in LXX for H4013, etc.;]

a stronghold, fortress (Psalms 89:40, Nahum 3:12; Nahum 3:14 al.); in LXX and NT, also metaph. of that in which confidence is placed (Proverbs 10:29; Proverbs 21:22, al.): 2 Corinthians 10:4.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

παραπικρασμός occurs in the NT only in Hebrews 3:8; Hebrews 3:15 from Psa. 94꞉8 (MT Psalms 95:8) : cf. Aq 1Ki. 15꞉23 [MT 1 Samuel 15:23], Sm Job 7:11, and Th Proverbs 17:11, and see Nestle’s note in Exp T xxi. p. 94.

List of Word Forms

οχύρωμα οχύρωμά οχυρώμασι οχυρώμασί οχυρώμασιν οχυρώματα οχυρώματά οχυρώματι οχυρώματος οχυρωματων οχυρωμάτων ὀχυρωμάτων ochuromaton ochurōmatōn ochyromaton ochyromáton ochyrōmatōn ochyrōmátōn