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
- 2 Kings 25:1And 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.
- Jeremiah 52:4And 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.
- Ezekiel 4:2And 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.
- Ezekiel 17:17Neither 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:
- Ezekiel 21:22At 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.
- Ezekiel 26:8He 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.