Lexical Summary ochyrōma: a stronghold, fortress Original Word: ὀχύρωμαTransliteration: ochyrōma Phonetic Spelling: (okh-oo'-ro-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a stronghold, fortress Meaning: a stronghold, fortress Strong's Concordance stronghold. From a remote derivative of echo (meaning to fortify, through the idea of holding safely); a castle (figuratively, argument) -- stronghold. see GREEK echo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3794: ὀχύρωμαὀχύρωμα, ὀχυρώματος, τό (ὀχυρόω (to make strong, to fortify)); 1. properly, a castle, stronghold, fortress, fastness, the Sept. for מִבְצָר, etc.; very often in 1 and 2 Macc.; Xenophon, Hellen. 3, 2, 3. 2. tropically, anything on which one relies: καθεῖλε τό ὀχύρωμα, ἐφ' ᾧ ἐπεποίθεισαν, Proverbs 21:22; ὀχύρωμα ὁσίου φόβος κυρίου, Proverbs 10:29; in 2 Corinthians 10:4 of the arguments and reasonings by which a disputant endeavors to fortify his opinion and defend it against his opponent. |
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