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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ὀχύρωμα
ὀχύρωμα
G3794
Transliteration: ochýrōma
Pronunciation: okh-oo'-ro-mah
Definition: stronghold
- Original: ὀχύρωμα - Transliteration: Ochuroma - Phonetic: okh-oo'-ro-mah
- Definition:
1. a castle, stronghold, fortress, fastness
2. anything on which one relies
a. of the arguments and reasonings by which a disputant endeavours to fortify his opinion and defend it against his opponent
- Origin: from a remote derivative of G2192" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2192 (meaning to fortify, through the idea of holding safely) - TDNT entry: 14:50,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: From a remote derivative of G2192" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2192 (meaning to fortify through the idea of holding safely); a castle (figuratively argument): - stronghold.