Strong G5038τεῖχος
wall
- Transliteration
- teichos
- Pronunciation
- ti'-khos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Akin to the base of G5088; a wall (as formative of a house): - wall.
Detailed definition
τεῖχος, -ους, τό
[in LXX chiefly for חוֹמָה;]
a wall, esp. that about a town: Act.9:25, 2Co.11:33, Heb.11:30, Rev.21:12-19 †
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for חוֹמָה;]
a wall, esp. that about a town: Act.9:25, 2Co.11:33, Heb.11:30, Rev.21:12-19 †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5038 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wall9
First verses
- Acts 9:25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
- 2 Corinthians 11:33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
- Hebrews 11:30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
- Revelation 21:12And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
- Revelation 21:14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
- Revelation 21:15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
- Revelation 21:17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
- Revelation 21:18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
- Revelation 21:19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τεῖχος, εος, τό,
wall, especially city-wall, Ἰλιόφι κλυτὰ τείχεα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.295, compare 446, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.9, +others)]; of the embankment round the ships, τάφρος Δαναῶν καὶ τ. ὕπερθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.4, compare 25ff; τ. ἐς ἀμφίχυτον (of heapedup earth) 20.145)]; Κιμμέρια τ. earthworks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.12; but τ. λάϊνα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1087 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93, etc.; λίθοις οὓς ἔλιπον εἰς τὸ τ. ἀναλίσκοντες “IG” 12.81.9)]; ξύλινον τεῖχος exceptionally, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.141, compare 8.51, 9.65, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.4, Oracle texts cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1040 (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus)] uses this phrase for a funeral pile, “P.” 3.38); τ. χάλκεον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.3)]; τ. σιδηροῦν, τείχη χαλκᾶ καὶ ἀδαμάντινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1046, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.84)]; τειχέων κιθῶνες coats of walls, i.e. walls one within the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139)]; τεῖχος ἐλαύνειν, see at {ἐλαύνω} [Refs 8th c.BC+ (111.2; τ. ἔδειμαν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.436; οἰκοδομέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.98, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1132, etc. (τ. οἰκοδομήσασθαι)] to build oneself walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.11); τ. ἄξειν [prev. author] 6.99; τὰ τ. στῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.74; τ. περιβάλλειν ταῖς πόλεσι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1331a3)]; τ. περιβαλέσθαι build walls round one's city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.141, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8, etc. (also τ. περιβαλέσθαι τὴν πόλιν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.163:)] —hence _passive_, τεῖχος περιβεβλημένος having a wall round it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174e)]; τείχη περιβεβλημένοι, of citizens, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1331a8))]; but also νῆσον περιβάλλεσθαι τείχει surround one's island with walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116a)]; τ. ῥήξασθαι breach the wall, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.90, compare 257; τεῖχος ἀναρρήξας 7.461)]; so in Prose, τ. διαιρεῖν, περιαιρέειν, κατελεῖν κατασκάψαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.46, 48, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.109, etc.)]
2 τὰ μακρὰ τ., at Athens, lines of wall connecting the city-wall (ὁ περίβολος) and the harbours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13)]; they were called respectively τὸ βόρειον or Peiraic, and τὸ νότιον or Phaleric wall [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 439e, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.173, 174), compare σκέλος 11: an intermediate wall (τὸ διὰ μέσου τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 455e) ran parallel to the northern, which was therefore called also τὸ ἔξωθεν, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13: the quarter inside the walls is sometimes called τὸ μακρὸν τ)]. Long Wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.45.)]
II fortification, castle, fort, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 213, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14, 91, etc.)]
III walled, fortified town or city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.41, 115, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.13, etc.)]
IV wall of a temple, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PEleph.” 20.52 (3rd c.BC))]; of a house, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PHamb.” 15.8 (3rd c.AD), “PStrassb.” 9.8 (4th c.AD))], etc. (Cf. Sanskrit dehmi 'anoint, smear, plaster', Gothic digan 'mould, create (= πλάσσω)', daigs 'dough', Latin fingo, figura, Osc. feihúss 'walls', etc.)
wall, especially city-wall, Ἰλιόφι κλυτὰ τείχεα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.295, compare 446, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.9, +others)]; of the embankment round the ships, τάφρος Δαναῶν καὶ τ. ὕπερθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.4, compare 25ff; τ. ἐς ἀμφίχυτον (of heapedup earth) 20.145)]; Κιμμέρια τ. earthworks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.12; but τ. λάϊνα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1087 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93, etc.; λίθοις οὓς ἔλιπον εἰς τὸ τ. ἀναλίσκοντες “IG” 12.81.9)]; ξύλινον τεῖχος exceptionally, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.141, compare 8.51, 9.65, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.4, Oracle texts cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1040 (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus)] uses this phrase for a funeral pile, “P.” 3.38); τ. χάλκεον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.3)]; τ. σιδηροῦν, τείχη χαλκᾶ καὶ ἀδαμάντινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1046, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.84)]; τειχέων κιθῶνες coats of walls, i.e. walls one within the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139)]; τεῖχος ἐλαύνειν, see at {ἐλαύνω} [Refs 8th c.BC+ (111.2; τ. ἔδειμαν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.436; οἰκοδομέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.98, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1132, etc. (τ. οἰκοδομήσασθαι)] to build oneself walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.11); τ. ἄξειν [prev. author] 6.99; τὰ τ. στῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.74; τ. περιβάλλειν ταῖς πόλεσι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1331a3)]; τ. περιβαλέσθαι build walls round one's city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.141, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8, etc. (also τ. περιβαλέσθαι τὴν πόλιν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.163:)] —hence _passive_, τεῖχος περιβεβλημένος having a wall round it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174e)]; τείχη περιβεβλημένοι, of citizens, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1331a8))]; but also νῆσον περιβάλλεσθαι τείχει surround one's island with walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116a)]; τ. ῥήξασθαι breach the wall, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.90, compare 257; τεῖχος ἀναρρήξας 7.461)]; so in Prose, τ. διαιρεῖν, περιαιρέειν, κατελεῖν κατασκάψαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.46, 48, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.109, etc.)]
2 τὰ μακρὰ τ., at Athens, lines of wall connecting the city-wall (ὁ περίβολος) and the harbours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13)]; they were called respectively τὸ βόρειον or Peiraic, and τὸ νότιον or Phaleric wall [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 439e, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.173, 174), compare σκέλος 11: an intermediate wall (τὸ διὰ μέσου τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 455e) ran parallel to the northern, which was therefore called also τὸ ἔξωθεν, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13: the quarter inside the walls is sometimes called τὸ μακρὸν τ)]. Long Wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.45.)]
II fortification, castle, fort, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 213, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14, 91, etc.)]
III walled, fortified town or city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.41, 115, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.13, etc.)]
IV wall of a temple, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PEleph.” 20.52 (3rd c.BC))]; of a house, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PHamb.” 15.8 (3rd c.AD), “PStrassb.” 9.8 (4th c.AD))], etc. (Cf. Sanskrit dehmi 'anoint, smear, plaster', Gothic digan 'mould, create (= πλάσσω)', daigs 'dough', Latin fingo, figura, Osc. feihúss 'walls', etc.)