barricade

Greek Noun Male

χάραξ, -ακος, ὁ (χαράσσω), [in LXX for סֹלְלָה, מָצוֹר, etc;] 1) a pointed stake 2) a palisade or rampart: Luk.19:43. (AS)

barricade

Greek Noun Male

χάραξ [χᾰ], ᾰκος, ὁ, also ἡ, (χαράσσω) pointed stake: especially, I) vine-prop, pole, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of those who trust in a 'broken reed', [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) pale, used in fortifying the entrenchments of a camp, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; = Latin vallus, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.2) collectively, ={χαράκωμα}, palisaded camp, Theophil.[Refs 4th c.BC+]; palisade, χάρακα βαλέσθαι πρὸς τῇ πόλει (variant{χαράκωμα}) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; = Latin vallum, [NT+2nd c.BC+]; χάρακα τίθεσθαι form an entrenched camp, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἀποταφρεύειν, περιταφρεύειν,[Refs 4th c.BC+] III) cutting, slip, especially of an olive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of other plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.2) collectively, ={ἀκανθώδη φυτά}, [Refs 5th c.AD+] IV) a seafish, one of the breams, Sargus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also a fish of the Red Sea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V) name of a bandage, [Refs 1st c.AD+] in signification 1, and in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

akin to g1125 (γράφω) through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege); trench; from (to sharpen to a point