Chárax — G5482

Definition

masculine noun

akin to

1. a pale or stake, a palisade
2. a palisade or rampart (i. e. pales between which earth, stones, trees and timbers are heaped and packed together)

Usually translated as

trench

Origin

from charássō (to sharpen to a point

• gráphō (G1125)

Occurrences

Chárax occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1)

• Luke 19:43 — For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about (χάρακά) thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,