Lexical Definition
τεῖχος teîchos (ti'-khos) wall G:N-N
akin to the base of τίκτω
wall.
- a wall (as formative of a house)
Abbott-Smith
τεῖχος, -ους, τό [in LXX chiefly for חוֹמָה ;]
a wall, esp. that about a town: Ac 9:25, II Co 11:33, He 11:30, Re 21:12-19 †
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Acts | 9:25 |
| 2 Corinthians | 11:33 |
| Hebrews | 11:30 |
| Revelation | 21:12 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
τεῖχος, εος, τό,
wall, especially city-wall, Ἰλιόφι κλυτὰ τείχεα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the embankment round the ships, τάφρος Δαναῶν καὶ τ. ὕπερθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Κιμμέρια τ. earthworks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξύλινον τεῖχος exceptionally, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] uses this phrase for a funeral pile, “P.” 3.38); τ. χάλκεον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. σιδηροῦν, τείχη χαλκᾶ καὶ ἀδαμάντινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τειχέων κιθῶνες coats of walls, i.e. walls one within the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τεῖχος ἐλαύνειν, see at {ἐλαύνω} [Refs 8th c.BC+] to build oneself walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. περιβαλέσθαι build walls round one's city, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —hence _passive_, τεῖχος περιβεβλημένος having a wall round it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τείχη περιβεβλημένοι, of citizens, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also νῆσον περιβάλλεσθαι τείχει surround one's island with walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ῥήξασθαι breach the wall, [τεῖχος ἀναρρήξας 7.461 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in Prose, τ. διαιρεῖν, περιαιρέειν, κατελεῖν κατασκάψαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 τὰ μακρὰ τ., at Athens, lines of wall connecting the city-wall (ὁ περίβολος) and the harbours, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; they were called respectively τὸ βόρειον or Peiraic, and τὸ νότιον or Phaleric wall [Refs 5th c.BC+]. Long Wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II fortification, castle, fort, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III walled, fortified town or city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV wall of a temple, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of a house, [Refs 3rd c.AD+], etc. (Cf. Sanskrit dehmi 'anoint, smear, plaster', Gothic digan 'mould, create (= πλάσσω)', daigs 'dough', Latin fingo, figura, Osc. feihúss 'walls', etc.)