Siegework
דָּיֵקStrong’s H1785dayeq (da-yeq)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dayeq is the Hebrew word usually translated “siege-wall”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Bulwark, siege-wall, sidewall
How it's translated
- a siege-wall 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 4
- 2 Kings 1
- Jeremiah 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
דָּיֵק dayeq · siegework
bulwark, siege-wall, sidewall
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.