noun · masculine

charaxos

Greekχάραξ (charax)

Strong’sG5482

a mound for besieging

stem charax-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

barricade1×

What it means

χάραξ, -ακος, ὁ

(< χαράσσω), [in LXX for סֹלְלָה, מָצוֹר, etc.;]

1. a pointed stake

2. a palisade or rampart: Lk 19:43.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5482 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkhar'-ax

akin to G1125 through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege)

Fromfrom χαράσσω (to sharpen to a point;

King Jamestrench.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	charaxos	charaxois
object accusative	charaxon1×χάρακά	charaxoin
direct address vocative	charaxor	charaxoir
of, belonging to genitive	charaxou	charaxoiu
to, for dative	charaxo	charaxoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

charaxstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

charaxo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

charaxon“barricade”objectaccusative singular1×

Luke 19:43“barricade”hoti hēkali hēmerais epi sin kai paremballali tois echthrois su charaxon si kai perikuklali sin kai sunechali sin pantothen,For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.