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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3794. ὀχύρωμα (ochuróma) -- Stronghold, fortress</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3794.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/1_timothy/1-8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3794.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3794</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3793.htm" title="3793">◄</a> 3794. ochuróma <a href="../greek/3795.htm" title="3795">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">ochuróma: Stronghold, fortress</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ὀχύρωμα</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>ochuróma<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>okh-oo'-ro-mah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(okh-oo'-ro-mah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Stronghold, fortress<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a fortress, strong defense, stronghold.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek verb ὀχυρόω (ochuroó), meaning "to fortify" or "to make strong."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of a stronghold is מָצוּד (matsud, Strong's H4686), which also means fortress or stronghold, as seen in passages like Psalm 18:2: "The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "ochuróma" refers to a stronghold or fortress, a place of security and defense. In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe mental or spiritual strongholds—patterns of thought or belief that are resistant to the truth of God.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient times, strongholds were fortified structures used for protection against enemies. They were often built on elevated ground and surrounded by walls, making them difficult to penetrate. The concept of a stronghold was well understood in the Greco-Roman world, where cities often had such fortifications for defense. Spiritually, the metaphor of a stronghold is used to describe entrenched sin or false beliefs that can dominate a person's life.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>3794</b> <i>o<smallcaps>x</smallcaps>ýrōma</i> (from the root <i>o<smallcaps>x</smallcaps>yroō,</i> "fortify") – a fortified, military stronghold; a strong-walled fortress (<i>A-S</i>), used only in 2 Cor 10:4. Here 3794<i>/o<smallcaps>x</smallcaps>ýrōma</i> ("a heavily-fortified containment") is used figuratively of a <i>false argument</i> in which a person seeks "shelter" ("a safe place") to <i>escape reality</i>.</p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/3794.htm">3794</a> (<i>oxýrōma</i>) is also used for a <i>prison</i> in antiquity (<i>BAGD</i>). "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" (<i>WS</i>, 833).]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from ochuroó (to fortify)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a stronghold, fortress<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>fortresses (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3794: ὀχύρωμα</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ὀχύρωμα</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ὀχυρώματος</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="greek2">ὀχυρόω</span> (to make strong, to fortify)); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> properly, <span class="accented">a castle, stronghold, fortress, fastness,</span> the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">מִבְצָר</span>, etc.; very often in 1 and 2 Macc.; <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, Hellen. 3, 2, 3. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> tropically, <span class="accented">anything on which one relies</span>: <span class="greek2">καθεῖλε</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">ὀχύρωμα</span>, <span class="greek2">ἐφ'</span> <span class="greek2">ᾧ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπεποίθεισαν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/21-22.htm">Proverbs 21:22</a>; <span class="greek2">ὀχύρωμα</span> <span class="greek2">ὁσίου</span> <span class="greek2">φόβος</span> <span class="greek2">κυρίου</span>, <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/10-29.htm">Proverbs 10:29</a>; in <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">2 Corinthians 10:4</a> of the arguments and reasonings by which a disputant endeavors to fortify his opinion and defend it against his opponent.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>stronghold. <p>From a remote derivative of <a href="/greek/2192.htm">echo</a> (meaning to fortify, through the idea of holding safely); a castle (figuratively, argument) -- stronghold. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2192.htm">echo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>οχύρωμα οχύρωμά οχυρώμασι οχυρώμασί οχυρώμασιν οχυρώματα οχυρώματά οχυρώματι οχυρώματος οχυρωματων οχυρωμάτων ὀχυρωμάτων ochuromaton ochurōmatōn ochyromaton ochyromáton ochyrōmatōn ochyrōmátōn<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/10-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 10:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural">N-GNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πρὸς καθαίρεσιν <b>ὀχυρωμάτων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for the destruction <span class="itali">of fortresses.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to the pulling down <span class="itali">of strong holds;)</span><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/10-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to overthrow <span class="itali">of strongholds</span><p><b><a href="/greek/3794.htm">Strong's Greek 3794</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3794.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ochuro_mato_n_3794.htm">ὀχυρωμάτων — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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