chárax

What it means

akin to gráphō through the idea of scratching)

akin to gráphō (γράφω) through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege)

Where it comes from

from (to sharpen to a point

How the King James translates it

• trench1

Every place it appears 1