Definition
τεῖχος, -ους, τό
[in LXX chiefly for חוֹמָה ;]
a wall, esp. that about a town: Acts 9:25, 2 Corinthians 11:33, Hebrews 11:30, Revelation 21:12-19
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as τεῖχος:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Acts 9:25τείχους · wallOne night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
- 2 Corinthians 11:33τείχους · wallBut I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
- Hebrews 11:30τείχη · wallsBy faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
- Revelation 21:12τεῖχος · wallThe 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 21:14τεῖχος · wallThe wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
- Revelation 21:15τεῖχος · wallsThe angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
- Revelation 21:17τεῖχος · wall [to be]And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
- Revelation 21:18τείχους · wallThe wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
- Revelation 21:19τείχους · wallsThe 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,