Teichos τεῖχος
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| τεῖχος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | teichos |
| Strong's number | G5038 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | neuter noun |
| Gloss | wall |
| Occurrences | 9 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Revelation (6) |
Teichos (Greek τεῖχος, Strong's G5038) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “wall”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the New Testament.
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)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | wall (8), walls (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | wall (6), walls (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Teichos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 9:25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
2 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians 11:33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
Hebrews
- Hebrews 11:30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
Revelation
- 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:The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.
- Revelation 21:14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing 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.The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
- 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.And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
- Revelation 21:18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as 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;The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).