Strong G5418φραγμός

fence

Transliteration
phragmos
Pronunciation
frag-mos'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G5420; a fence or inclosing barrier (literally or figuratively): - hedge (+ round about) partition.

Detailed definition

φραγμός, -oῦ, ὁ
(φράσσω), [in LXX chiefly for גָּדֵר, גְּדֵרָה, also for גְּדֵרָה, etc.;]
1. prop., a fencing in (Soph., OT, 1387).

2. = φράγμα, a fence: Mat.21:33, Mrk.12:1, Luk.14:23. Metaphorical, μεσότοιχον (which see) τοῦ φ., genitive epexeg., Eph.2:14 (see Ellic., in l).†
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In the Bible

Strong G5418 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • hedge3
  • partition1

First verses

  1. Matthew 21:33
    Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
  2. Mark 12:1
    And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
  3. Luke 14:23
    And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
  4. Ephesians 2:14
    For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φραγ-μός, ὁ,
fencing in, blocking up, τῆς ἀκουούσης πηγῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1387.)]
2 intestinal obstruction, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Caelius Aurelianus Medicus “CP” 3.17.)]
II fence, paling, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 11.4, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.343 (1st c.BC: Archias) “BGU” 1119.32 (1st c.BC), NT.Matt.21.33, etc.)]; hedge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 385)]; railing of the bridge over the Hellespont, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.36)]: fortification, [Refs ([prev. work] 142)]; of the diaphragm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 10, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 672b20)]; of the shard of beetles, [Refs ([prev. work] 682b17)]; of the teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.93.)]
II.2 metaphorically, partition, [NT (NT.Eph.2.14.)]
II.2.b nickname of a man with a bristly beard, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 27.)]