Quick Definition
φραγμός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. a hedge, fence, partition
Strong's Definition
from 5420; a fence, or inclosing barrier (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: hedge (+ round about), partition
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | φράσσω
7.59 · Constructions · Walls and Fences
fence, wall a structure for enclosing an open area In practically all societies there is some type of fence, wall, or barrier employed to surround fields. In some instances this may consist of piled up logs or sticks; in other instances the wall may be made of packed dirt or of laid-up stone. What is important, however, is not the form, but the function, and therefore one may often use a descriptive expression, for example, ‘a barrier to surround a field,’ sometimes described as ‘a barrier to keep animals out of the field.’
φραγμός[a] is also used figuratively of the Law, which constituted a barrier between Jews and Gentiles: τὸ μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ ‘a wall of separation’ or ‘barrier’ EPH 2:14. In EPH 2:14 φραγμός[a] may be rendered as ‘a wall to keep apart’ or ‘a wall to divide’ (see 34.39).
1.105 · Geographical Objects and Features · Thoroughfares: Roads, Streets, Paths, etc.
byway, path a path or area along a fence, wall, or hedge (where desperately poor people might stay)
34.39 · Association · Belong To, Be Included in the Membership of, Be Excluded From
that which separates, that which isolates (a figurative extension of meaning of φραγμός[a] ‘fence,’ 7.59) that which serves as a means of separation in interpersonal relations In a number of languages, however, it may be necessary to indicate what or who is separated, and therefore one may need to translate this phrase in EPH 2:14 as ‘... that separates Jews from Gentiles.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φραγμός, -οὔ, 6, (φράσσω to fence round), a hedge, a fence: Mt. xxi. 33; Mk. xii. 1; Lk. xiv. 23; trop. that which separates, prevents two from coming together, Eph. ii. 14 [A. V. partition], see μεσότοιχον. (Sept. Sir. xxxvi. 30 (27); Hdt., Soph., Thuc., Plut., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φραγμός phragmos 4x
a fence, hedge; a hedgeside path, Mt. 21:33; Mk. 12:1; Lk. 14:23; met. a parting fence, Eph. 2:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φραγμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< φράσσω), [in LXX chiefly for גָּדֵר, גְּדֵרָה, also for פֶּרֶץ, etc. ;]
prop., a fencing in (Soph., OT, 1387).
= φράγμα, a fence: Mt 21:33, Mk 12:1, Lk 14:23. Metaph., μεσότοιχον (q.v.) τοῦ φ., gen. epexeg., Eph 2:14 (v. Ellic., in l.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φραγμός, prop. ‘‘a fencing in,” and hence ‘‘a fence ’’ (as always in the NT, Mt 215% a/.). Exx. are BGU IV. 1119%? (a lease— B.C. 5) τὸν φραγμὸν ὑγιᾶ οἷον καὶ παρείληφεν, P Oxy III. 580 (ii/A.D.) εἰς ἐπιτήρησιν φόρου φραγμοῦ [Παεβύθεως, and P Giss I. 5613 (vi/a.D.) καλαμουργίαν καὶ τοὺς σφραγμούς (Z. φραγμούς). For the μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ of Eph 21} we may recall the inscr. on the Temple barrier OG/S 598 cited s.v. ἀλλογενής. The form φράγμα is found in P Bilabel 95459 (a.D. 7).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φραγμός (phragmos) — fence. φραγ-μός, ὁ, fencing in, blocking up, τῆς ἀκουούσης πηγῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. intestinal obstruction, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
II. fence, paling, [NT+5th c.BC+]; hedge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; railing of the bridge over the Hellespont, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: fortification, [Refs]; of the diaphragm, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the shard of beetles, [Refs]; of the teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. metaphorically, partition, [NT]
II.2. b nickname of a man with a bristly beard, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]