χάραξ
chárax
“akin to G1125 (γράφω) through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
akin to G1125 (γράφω) through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a stake; a military palisade, rampart, formed from the earth thrown out of the ditch, and stuck with sharp stakes or palisades, Lk. 19:43*
Translated in KJV as
trench
Etymology
from (to sharpen to a point;
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