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τεῖχος teichos · G5038

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wall

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)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

τεῖχος, εος, τό, ; wall, especially city-wall, Ἰλιόφι κλυτὰ τείχεα []; of the embankment round the ships, τάφρος Δαναῶν καὶ τ. ὕπερθεν []; Κιμμέρια τ. earthworks, []; ξύλινον τεῖχος exceptionally, Oracle texts cited in [] uses this phrase for a funeral pile, “P.” 3.38); τ. χάλκεον []; τ. σιδηροῦν, τείχη χαλκᾶ καὶ ἀδαμάντινα, []; τειχέων κιθῶνες coats of walls, i.e. walls one within the other, []; τεῖχος ἐλαύνειν, see at {ἐλαύνω} [] to build oneself walls, []; τ. περιβαλέσθαι build walls round …

Where it's used 9 times

Acts 9:25 · 2 Corinthians 11:33 · Hebrews 11:30 · Revelation 21:12 · Revelation 21:14 · Revelation 21:15 · Revelation 21:17 · Revelation 21:18 · Revelation 21:19

Source: TBESG G5038; TFLSJ G5038

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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