Strong H1785דָּיֵק

siegework

Transliteration
dâyêq
Pronunciation
daw-yake'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From a root corresponding to H1751; a battering tower: - fort.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: siegework

Exact lexical definition: bulwark

Part of speech: noun

BDB context: דָּיֵק n.m . bulwark , siege-wall

In the Bible

Strong H1785 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • fort6

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 25:1
    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
  2. Jeremiah 52:4
    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
  3. Ezekiel 4:2
    And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
  4. Ezekiel 17:17
    Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
  5. Ezekiel 21:22
    At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
  6. Ezekiel 26:8
    He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
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