G5038: τεῖχος (teîchos)

G5038 τεῖχος (teîchos)

Greek

Quick Definition

τεῖχος, ους, τό n.n. a wall

Strong's Definition

akin to the base of 5088; a wall (as formative of a house)

KJV Usage: wall

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

τεῖχος (G5038)

noun, n. | -ους | τοῖχος

7.61 · Constructions · Walls and Fences

city wall a particularly strong permanent wall, primarily the wall built around a city for its protection In a number of languages a translator must make a clear distinction between a wall of a house and a city wall. The wall of a house may be called ‘a side of a house’ and an inner wall ‘a partition in a house,’ while a city wall is often related to terms such as ‘barricade’ or ‘fence.’ Hence, a city wall may be called ‘a fortified fence around a city.’

ACT 9:25 · 2CO 11:33 · HEB 11:30 · REV 21:12 · REV 21:14 · REV 21:15 · REV 21:17 · REV 21:18 · REV 21:19

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

τεῖχος, -ovs, τό, [ef. θιγγάνω; allied with it are Eng. ‘dike’ and ‘ditch ᾽], fr. Hom. down, Sept. very freq. for main ‘wall’; the wall round a city, town-wall: Acts ix. 25; 2 Co. xi. 33; Heb. xi. 30; Rev. xxi. 12, 14 sq., 17-19.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

τεῖχος teichos 9x

a wall of a city, Acts 9:25; 2 Cor. 11:33; Heb. 11:30; Rev. 21:12, 14f., 17-19*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

τεῖχος, -ους, τό

[in LXX chiefly for חוֹמָה ;]

a wall, esp. that about a town: Ac 9:25, II Co 11:33, He 11:30, Re 21:12-19 †

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

τεῖχος, “a wall,”’ especially the wall about a city (Ac 958 αἰ}: ef. P Eleph 20°? (iii/B.c.) παστοφόριον ἐν Tevriper ἐντὸς τείχους, P Ryl II. 12715 (a.p. 29) τὸ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ τεῖχος τοῦ xovs, P Flor I. 50 (a.p. 268) év[rds τειχῶν] καὶ ἐκτός, cf.36. 80, and P Strass I. 98 (¢ A.D. 307 or 352) θεμελίοις καὶ τίχεσιν. For the dim. τειχίον see CPR I. 2321 (ii/iii A.D.) μέϊσο]ν [ὄντος τειχί[ου, and for the form τειχάριον (not in 1.55), see P Ryl II, 1257 (A.p. 28-9) κατασπασμὸν τειχαρίων

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

τεῖχος (teichos) — wall. τεῖχος, εος, τό, wall, especially city-wall, Ἰλιόφι κλυτὰ τείχεα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the embankment round the ships, τάφρος Δαναῶν καὶ τ. ὕπερθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Κιμμέρια τ. earthworks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξύλινον τεῖχος exceptionally, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] uses this phrase for a funeral pile, “P.” 3.38); τ. χάλκεον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. σιδηροῦν, τείχη χαλκᾶ καὶ ἀδαμάντινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τειχέων κιθῶνες coats of walls, i.e. walls one within the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τεῖχος ἐλαύνειν, see at {ἐλαύνω} [Refs 8th c.BC+] to build oneself walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. περιβαλέσθαι build walls round one's city, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —hence _passive_, τεῖχος περιβεβλημένος having a wall round it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τείχη περιβεβλημένοι, of citizens, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also νῆσον περιβάλλεσθαι τείχει surround one's island with walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ῥήξασθαι breach the wall, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in Prose, τ. διαιρεῖν, περιαιρέειν, κατελεῖν κατασκάψαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. τὰ μακρὰ τ., at Athens, lines of wall connecting the city-wall (ὁ περίβολος) and the harbours, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; they were called respectively τὸ βόρειον or Peiraic, and τὸ νότιον or Phaleric wall [Refs 5th c.BC+]. Long Wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. fortification, castle, fort, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. walled, fortified town or city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. wall of a temple, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of a house, [Refs 3rd c.AD+], etc. (Cf. Sanskrit dehmi 'anoint, smear, plaster', Gothic digan 'mould, create (= πλάσσω)', daigs 'dough', Latin fingo, figura, Osc. feihúss 'walls', etc.)