ΠΕΡΙΧΑΡΑΚΟΥΝ, περιχαρακουν
PERICHARAKOUN, pericharakoun
Sounds Like: peh-ree-kha-ra-KOON
Translations: to entrench, to surround with a palisade, to fortify, to wall around
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΧΑΡΑΚΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to surround with a palisade, a trench, or a wall, essentially to entrench or fortify. It describes the action of building defensive structures around something or someone. It is a compound word formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and the verb χαράσσω (charassō), meaning 'to sharpen, to engrave, to fortify with a palisade'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4024 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 14:372
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΧΑΡΑΚΟΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΧΑΡΑΚΩΣΑΝ — they surrounded with a palisade, they entrenched, they fortified, they encircled with a rampart
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