- ὀχύρωμα
- ὀχύρωμα, ατος, τό (ὀχυρόω ‘fortify’; in various senses: ‘stronghold, fortress, prison’ since X., Hell. 3, 2, 3; SIG 502, 39 [III B.C.]; OGI 455, 14 [39 A.D.]; PPetr II, 13 [3], 2 [III B.C.]; PStras 85, 23; LXX; Jos., Ant. 13, 27) a strong military installation, fortress, in imagery (Hybreas [I B.C.] in Seneca Rhet., Suas. 4, 5; Pr 21:22 καθεῖλεν τὸ ὀχύρωμα ἐφʼ ᾧ ἐπεποίθεισαν; 10:29 ὀχύρωμα ὁσίου φόβος κυρίου) of spiritual weapons that are δυνατὰ … πρὸς καθαίρεσιν ὀχυρωμάτων powerful … to tear down fortresses, i.e. to destroy λογισμοί, sophistries, and everything that opposes the γνῶσις θεοῦ 2 Cor 10:4 (cp. Philo, Conf. Lingu. 129; 130 τὴν τοῦ ὀχ. τούτου καθαίρεσιν).—DELG s.v. ἐχυρός. M-M. TW.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.