ΧΑΡΑΚΩΣΟΝ, χαρακωσον
CHARAKŌSON, charakōson
Sounds Like: kha-ra-KO-son
Translations: fortify, barricade, fence, entrench, surround with a palisade
From the root: ΧΑΡΑΚΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to fortify or surround with a palisade or rampart. It describes the action of building a defensive structure, often a trench or a wall of stakes, around a place or object to protect it. It is used in contexts of military defense or securing an area.
Inflection: Aorist Active Imperative, Second Person Singular
Strong’s number: G5482 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 5 — 2:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΑΡΑΚΟΩ.
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.
- ἘΧΑΡΑΚΩΣΑ — I entrenched, I palisaded, I fortified with a palisade
- ἘΧΑΡΑΚΩΣΕ — he/she/it entrenched, he/she/it fortified, he/she/it surrounded with a palisade, he/she/it palisaded
- ἘΧΑΡΑΚΩΣΕΝ — he entrenched, she entrenched, it entrenched, he fortified, she fortified, it fortified, he surrounded with a palisade, she surrounded with a palisade, it surrounded with a palisade
- ΕΧΑΡΑΚΩΣΑ — I trenched, I palisaded, I fortified with a palisade, I surrounded with a rampart
- ΕΧΑΡΑΚΩΣΕΝ — he entrenched, he fortified, he surrounded with a palisade, he threw up a rampart
- ΚΕΧΑΡΑΚΩΜΕΝΟΝ — fortified with a palisade, fenced, entrenched, a fortified thing
- ΠΕΡΙΕΧΑΡΑΚΩΣΕΝ — he surrounded with a palisade, he fortified with a rampart, he entrenched
- ΠΕΡΙΧΑΡΑΚΩΣΟΝ — surround with a palisade, fence around, fortify, entrench
- ΧΑΡΑΚΟΩ — to fortify with a palisade, to surround with a palisade, to encircle with a rampart
- ΧΑΡΑΚΩ — to fence with stakes, to fortify, to surround with a palisade, to entrench, to dig a trench
- ΧΑΡΑΚΩΝ — to fence, to palisade, to fortify, to entrench
- ΧΑΡΑΚΩΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of having trenched, of having palisaded, of having fortified with a palisade, of having fenced with stakes
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