Quick Definition
τοῖχος, ου, ὁ n.m. a wall
Strong's Definition
another form of 5038; a wall
KJV Usage: wall
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | μεσότοιχον · τεῖχος
7.46 · Constructions · Parts and Areas of Buildings
wall wall of a house or enclosure A literal translation of the phrase ‘whitewashed wall’ is rarely meaningful. Sometimes one can use a descriptive phrase such as ‘a dirty wall which is made to look white’ or ‘... to look clean.’ In other instances one may wish to focus upon the function suggested by the idiom ‘whitewashed wall’ and employ a phrase such as ‘one who has been made to look good but really isn’t.’
88.234 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Hypocrisy, Pretense
Collocation: τοῖχος κεκονιαμένος
hypocrite, impostor (an idiom, literally: whitewashed wall) one who pretends to be one thing, while in reality he is something quite different
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τοῖχος, -ov, 6, fr. Hom. down, Sept. often for Vp, α wall {esp. of a house; ef. τεῖχος]: Acts xxiii. 3.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τοῖχος toichos 1x
a wall of a building, as distinct from a city wall or fortification (τεῖχος) Acts 23:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τοῖχος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for קִיר ;]
a wall, esp. of a house: fig., Ac 23:3 (cf. τεῖχος).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τοῖχος, “©a wall,” is used figuratively in Ac 23%, its only occurrence in the NT (cf. τεῖχος). For its ordinary meaning, cf. P Magd 2 recto®® (B.c. 221) (= Chest. I. p. 1234) ὑπάρχοντος δὲ τοίχου τινὸς ἡμιτελέστου. . . ἐμοῦ δὲ βουλομένης ἐπισυντελέσαι τὸν τοῖχον, ἵνα μὴ ὑπερβατὸν ἦι εἰς τὰ ἡμέτερα, 16. 295 (B.C. 218) ἐπιβὰς 6 Θεοδόσιος ὠικοδόμησεν ἑαυτῶι τοίχους οἰκήσεως, P Amh II. 545 (B.C. 112) οἶκος καθειρημένος ἧς οἱ τῦχοι περίεισιν, “a dismantled house, of which the walls are standing” (Edd.), P Oxy III. 505% (ii/A-D.) οἱ λοιποὶ τῆς αὐτῆς αὐλῆς τοῖχοι, P Lond 4615 (magic—iv/a.D.) (= I. p. 67) of writing εἰς Totxo(v), Inscr. Délos 365-53 (ili/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. 388 (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% 55 (iii/A.D.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τοῖχος (toichos) — wall. τοῖχος, ὁ, wall of a house or enclosure, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅπαντ᾽ ἐρευνῶν τ. uncertain in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. καὶ θριγκοί (of the αὐλή)[Refs 8th c.BC+]; wall of a temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόμους ἀναγράφειν εἰς τοῖχον Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κοινοὶ τ. party-walls, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τοίχῳ προσιστάμενοι γυμνάζονται [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: of the side of a tent or hut, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __b metaphorically, τοῖχε κεκονιαμένε, as a term of abuse, [NT]
2. plural, sides of a ship, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
3. of other things, as the human body, εἰς ἀμφοτέρους τοίχους (by metaphorically from a ship) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a cup, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a vessel, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a bath (πύελος), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4. proverbial, τοίχους τοὺς δύο ἐπαλείφειν 'to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds', [Refs 2nd c.AD+] see at {δύο τοίχου; ὁ εὖ πράττων τ}. 'the snug side of the ship', 'the right side of the hedge', [Refs 5th c.BC+] but used in a special sense; later ={τεῖχος}, [LXX]