H1785 - דָּיֵק (dâyêq)

H1785 דָּיֵק (dâyêq) daw-yake'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

siegework

Strong's Definition

a battering-tower

Derivation: from a root corresp. to H1751 (דּוּק);

KJV Usage: fort.

TWOT Reference: 417a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) bulwark, siege-wall, sidewall

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

bulwark, siege-wall, sidewall

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דָּיֵק dâyêq BDB Definition: 1) bulwark, siege-wall, sidewall Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from a root corresponding to H1751 Same Word by TWOT Number: 417a Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (6)

25:1

52:4

4:2 17:17 21:22 26:8

2 Kings 25:1

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth... day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon... marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside [the city] and built a siege wall... all around it.

Jeremiah 52:4

Ezekiel 4:2

Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.

Ezekiel 17:17

Pharaoh with [his] mighty army and vast horde will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.

Ezekiel 21:22

In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for... the slaughter, to lift a battle cry..., to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.

Ezekiel 26:8

He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls..., and raise his shields against you.