Strong's Concordance ochuróma: a stronghold, fortress Original Word: ὀχύρωμα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: ochuróma Phonetic Spelling: (okh-oo'-ro-mah) Short Definition: a fortress, strong defense Definition: a fortress, strong defense, stronghold. HELPS Word-studies 3794 o [3794 (oxýrōma) is also used for a prison in antiquity (BAGD). "The word is not common in Classical Greek, but occurs frequently in the Apocrypha. In its use here there may lie a reminiscence of the rock-forts on the coast of Paul's native Cilicia, which were pulled down by the Romans in their attacks on the Cilician pirates. Pompey inflicted a crushing defeat upon their navy off the rocky stronghold of Coracesium on the confines of Cilicia and Pisidia" (WS, 833).] 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. From a remote derivative of echo (meaning to fortify, through the idea of holding safely); a castle (figuratively, argument) -- stronghold. see GREEK echo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 37941 Occurrence ὀχυρωμάτων — 1 Occ. 2 Corinthians 10:4 N-GNP GRK: πρὸς καθαίρεσιν ὀχυρωμάτων NAS: for the destruction of fortresses. KJV: to the pulling down of strong holds;) INT: to overthrow of strongholds |