ΧΑΡΑΚΟΣ, χαρακος
CHARAKOS, charakos
Sounds Like: KHA-ra-kos
Translations: (of) a palisade, (of) a rampart, (of) a stake, (of) a pointed stick
From the root: ΧΑΡΑΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a pointed stake, a palisade, or a rampart. It is often used in military contexts to describe fortifications made of sharpened stakes, such as a stockade or a siege rampart. In the provided context, it likely refers to a fortified encampment or a defensive barrier.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5482 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 2:22
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 72:400
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
- ΧΑΡΑΚΩΜΑ — rampart, a rampart, palisade, trench, mound
- 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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