τοῖχος, τοίχου, ὁ, from Homer down, the Sept. often for χΔιψ, a wall (especially of a house; cf. τεῖχος): Act_23:3.

τοῖχος toichos 1x a wall of a building, a s distinct from a city wall or fortification (τεῖχος ) Act_23:3

τοῖχος , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for H7023 ;] a wall , esp . of a house: fig ., Act_23:3 ( cf. τεῖχος ).†

τοῖχος [page 637] a wall, is used figuratively in Act_23:3 , its only occurrence in the NT (cf. τεῖχος ). For its ordinary meaning, cf. P Magd 2 recto .3 ff. (B.C. 221) (= Chrest . I. p. 134) ὑπάρχοντος δὲ τοίχου τινὸς ἡμιτελέστου . . . ἐμοῦ δὲ βουλομένης ἐπισυντελέσαι τὸν τοῖχον ἵνα μὴ ὑπερβατὸν ἦι εἰς τὰ ἡμέτερα , ib . 29 .3 (B.C. 218) ἐπιβὰς ὁ Θεοδόσιος ὠικοδόμησεν ἑαυτῶι τοίχους οἰκήσεω [ς , P Amh II. 54 .3 (B.C. 112) οἶκος καθει̣ρη̣μένος ἧς οἱ τῦχοι περίεισιν , a dismantled house, of which the walls are standing (Edd.), P Oxy III. 505 .8 (ii/A.D.) οἱ λοιποὶ τῆς αὐτῆς αὐλῆς τοῖχοι , P Lond 46 .72 (magic iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 67) of writing εἰς τοῖχο (ν ), Inscr. Dιlos 365 53 (iii/B.C.) ἐργολαβήσαντι ἀνοικοδομῆσαι πτῶμ [α ] τοῦ τοίχου , and Herodas VI. 8 οὐ φέρουσιν οἱ τοῖχοι . The word is used of the side of a ship in P Hib I. 38 .8 (B.C. 252 1) συνέβη κλεῖναι τὸν δεξιὸν τοῖχον τοῦ πλοίου , it came about that the right side of the ship listed (Edd.) : cf. P Flor I. 69 .21, .25 (iii/A.D.).

τοῖχος τοῖχος, ὁ, [Etym: τεῖχος] "the wall of a house or court", Lat. paries, Hom. , attic:—in pl. "the sides of a ship", Od. , Eur. , etc.:—of the human body, Eur. proverb., ὁ εὖ πράττων τοῖχος = "the right side of the hedge, " Ar.

τοῖχος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for קִיר ;] a wall, esp. of a house: figuratively, Act.23:3 (cf. τεῖχος).† (AS)