ΧΑΡΑΚΩΜΑ, χαρακωμα
CHARAKŌMA, charakōma
Sounds Like: kha-RA-koh-ma
Translations: rampart, a rampart, palisade, trench, mound
From the root: ΧΑΡΑΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a defensive structure, typically a rampart, palisade, or a mound of earth used for fortification. It describes an embankment or a wall of stakes used to protect a camp or city. It is often used in military contexts to describe the fortifications built around a besieged area.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5482 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΑΡΑΞ.
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.
- ΧΑΡΑΚΑ — palisade, a palisade, rampart, a rampart, stake, a stake, entrenchment, an entrenchment, camp, a camp
- ΧΑΡΑΚΑΣ — palisade, rampart, stake, a stake, a palisade
- ΧΑΡΑΚΕΙ — palisade, rampart, stake, a stake, a palisade
- ΧΑΡΑΚΕΣ — stakes, palisades, ramparts, trenches
- ΧΑΡΑΚΙ — to a palisade, to a rampart, to a stake, to a ditch, to an entrenchment
- ΧΑΡΑΚΟΣ — (of) a palisade, (of) a rampart, (of) a stake, (of) a pointed stick
- ΧΑΡΑΞ — palisade, rampart, stake, trench, a palisade, a rampart, a stake, a trench
- ΧΑΡΑΞΙ — (to) a palisade, (to) a rampart, (to) a stake, (to) a trench
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