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Lexicon :: Strong's G5038 - teichos

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τεῖχος
Transliteration
teichos (Key)
Pronunciation
ti'-khos
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Akin to the base of τίκτω (G5088)
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Strong’s Definitions

τεῖχος teîchos, ti'-khos; akin to the base of G5088; a wall (as formative of a house):—wall.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G5038 in the following manner: wall (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G5038 in the following manner: wall (9x).
  1. the wall around a city, town wall

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τεῖχος teîchos, ti'-khos; akin to the base of G5088; a wall (as formative of a house):—wall.
STRONGS G5038:
τεῖχος, τείχους, τό (cf. θιγγάνω; allied with it are English 'dike' and 'ditch'), from Homer down, the Sept. very frequent for חומָה, 'wall'; the wall round a city, town-wall: Acts 9:25; 2 Corinthians 11:33; Hebrews 11:30; Revelation 21:12, 14f, 17-19.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
9:25
2 Corinthians
11:33
Hebrews
11:30
Revelation
21; 21:12; 21:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5038 matches the Greek τεῖχος (teichos),
which occurs 143 times in 132 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Exo 14:22–Neh 2:17)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - So the sons of Israel [fn]went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:8 -

“At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up,

The flowing waters stood up like a heap;

The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:30 - ‘But if it is not bought back for him within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently to its purchaser throughout his generations; it does not [fn]revert in the jubilee.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:31 - ‘The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall, shall be regarded [fn]as open fields; they have redemption rights and [fn]revert in the jubilee.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 -

“The pasture lands of the cities which you are to give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city [fn]outward a thousand cubits around.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - “All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many [fn]unwalled towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - “And it will besiege you in all your [fn]towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it will besiege you in all your [fn]towns throughout your land which the LORD your God has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:5 - “It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down [fn]flat, and the people shall go up, everyone [fn]straight ahead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:20 - So the people shouted, and [fn]the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down [fn]flat, so that the people went up into the city, everyone straight [fn]ahead, and they took the city.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:16 - “They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them tending the sheep.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:10 - They put his weapons in the [fn]temple of Ashtaroth, and they nailed his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12 - all the valiant men got up and walked all night, and they took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:20 - then it shall be that if the king’s wrath rises and he says to you, ‘Why did you move against the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:21 - ‘Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did a woman not throw an upper millstone on him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you move against the wall?’—then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite also died.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:22 -

So the messenger departed and came and reported to David everything that Joab had sent him to tell.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:24 - “Also, the archers shot at your servants from the wall; so some of the king’s servants died, and your servant Uriah the Hittite also died.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24 -

Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went to the roof of the gate by the wall, and raised his eyes and looked; and behold, a man was running by himself.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - And they came and besieged him in Abel Beth-maacah, and they [fn]built up an assault ramp against the city, and it stood against the outer rampart; and all the people who were with Joab were wreaking destruction in order to topple the wall.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:16 - Then a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen, listen! Please tell Joab, ‘Come here that I may speak with you.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21 - “Such is not the case. But a man from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against King David. Only turn him over, and I will depart from the city.” And the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:30 -

“For by You I can run at a [fn]troop of warriors;

By my God I can leap over a wall.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:34 - People came from all the [fn]nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:15 -

Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own house, the [fn]Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30 - But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city, going from one inner room to another.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:27 - Then the king of Moab took his oldest son who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And great anger came upon Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:26 - And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:30 - When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his clothes—and he was passing by on the wall—and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth [fn]underneath on his [fn]body.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, [fn]four hundred cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:26 -

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, “Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, because we [fn]understand it; and do not speak with us in [fn]Judean [fn]so that the people who are on the wall hear you.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27 - But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not also sent me to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls that were beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And [fn]they went by way of the Arabah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, which were fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and supplies of food, oil, and wine.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - For he said to Judah, “Let’s build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still [fn]ours because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - Then Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, [fn]four hundred cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:6 -

Now he went out and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the area of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:3 - He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and he built the wall of Ophel extensively.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - And he resolutely set to work and rebuilt all of the wall that had been broken down and [fn]erected towers on it, and built another outside wall and strengthened the [fn]Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great numbers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18 - They called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, so that they might take the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 -

Now after this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, up to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. Then he put army commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:12 - let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13 - “Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom tax, or toll, and it will [fn]be detrimental to the revenue of the kings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - “We are informing the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, then as a result of this you will have no possession in the province beyond the Euphrates River.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and disgrace, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which is by the [fn]temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house to which I will go.” And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - So I went out at night by the Valley Gate in the direction of the Dragon’s Spring and on to the Dung Gate, and I was inspecting the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been consumed by fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:15 - So I was going up at night by the ravine and inspecting the wall. Then I entered the Valley Gate again and returned.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 -

Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation we are in, that Jerusalem is desolate and its gates have been burned by fire. Come, let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”


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