ὈΧΥΡΟΥΝ, ὀχυρουν
OCHYROUN, ochyroun
Sounds Like: okh-y-ROO-oon
Translations: to strengthen, to fortify, to make strong, to make firm
From the root: ὈΧΥΡΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to strengthen, fortify, or make something strong or secure. It is often used in the context of building defenses or making a place impregnable. It can also be used metaphorically to mean to make something firm or secure.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3735 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 12:306
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Jeremiah — 1:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΧΥΡΟΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ὈΧΥΡΟΥΣΙ — they fortify, they strengthen, they make strong
- ὈΧΥΡΟΥΣΙΝ — fortify, strengthen, make strong, secure
- ὈΧΥΡΩΣΕΝ — he fortified, she fortified, it fortified
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