Strong's Lexicon
G5038
G5038 — τείχος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5038 |
|---|---|
| Word: | τείχος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | akin to the base of G5088 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 9 |
| Transliteration: | teichos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tei'-khos |
| Meaning: | 1. a wall (as formative of a house) |
| KJV Renderings: | wall |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τεῖχος, τείχους, τό (cf. θιγγάνω; allied with it are English ’dike’ and ’ditch’), from Homer down, the Sept. very frequent for çåîÈä, ’wall’; the wall round a city, town-wall: Act 9:25; 2Co 11:33; Heb 11:30; Revelation 21:12, 14f, 17-19.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
τεῖχος (wall)
Acts 9:25
- KJV: Then the disciples took him by night and let down by the wall in a basket
- GK: λαβόντες δε αυτόν οι μαθηταί νυκτός καθήκαν διά του τείχους χαλάσαντες εν σπυρίδι
2 Corinthians 11:33
- KJV: And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall and escaped his hands
- GK: και διά θυρίδος εν σαργάνη εχαλάσθην διά του τείχους και εξέφυγον τας χείρας αυτού
Hebrews 11:30
- KJV: By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about seven days
- GK: πίστει τα τείχη Ιεριχώ έπεσε κυκλωθέντα επί επτά ημέρας
Revelation 21:12
- KJV: And had a wall great and high had twelve gates and at the gates twelve angels and names written thereon which are of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel
- GK: έχουσαν τείχος μέγα και υψηλόν έχουσαν πυλώνας δώδεκα και επί τοις πυλώσιν αγγέλους δώδεκα και ονόματα επιγεγραμμένα α εστι των δώδεκα φυλών των υιών Ισραήλ
Revelation 21:14
- KJV: And the wall of the city had twelve foundations and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb
- GK: και το τείχος της πόλεως έχον θεμελίους δώδεκα και επ΄ αυτων δώδεκα ονόματα των δωδεκα αποστόλων του αρνίου
Revelation 21:15
- KJV: And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city and the gates thereof and the wall thereof
- GK: και ο λαλών μετ΄ εμού είχε μέτρον κάλαμον χρυσούν ίνα μετρήση την πόλιν και τους πυλώνας αυτής και το τείχος αυτής
Revelation 21:17
- KJV: And he measured the wall thereof an hundred forty four cubits the measure of a man that is of the angel
- GK: και εμέτρησε το τείχος αυτής εκατόν τεσσαράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχών μέτρον ανθρώπου ο εστιν αγγέλου
Revelation 21:18
- KJV: And the building of the wall of it was jasper and the city pure gold like unto clear glass
- GK: και ην η ενδόμησις του τείχους αυτής ιάσπις και η πόλις χρυσίον καθαρόν όμοιον υέλω καθαρώ
Revelation 21:19
- KJV: And the foundations of the wall of the city garnished with all manner of precious stones The first foundation jasper the second sapphire the third a chalcedony the fourth an emerald
- GK: και οι θεμέλιοι του τείχους της πόλεως παντί λίθω τιμίω κεκοσμημένοι ο θεμέλιος ο πρώτος ιάσπις ο δεύτερος σάπφειρος ο τρίτος χαλκηδών ο τέταρτος σμάραγδος