UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: μεσότοιχον; -ου

Constructions: μεσότοιχον; μεσόω; τοῖχος

Sense 1: dividing wall

Semantic entry: 7.62

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Walls and Fences

Definition: a wall or fence which separates one area from another

Notes: In the NT μεσότοιχον is used figuratively in reference to the partition in the Temple in Jerusalem, which set off the court of the Gentiles from the rest of the Temple area.|Such a ‘dividing wall’ may be rendered as ‘barrier’ or ‘fence which separates.’

Further resources: realia:3.6

EPH 2:14: RV EPH 2:14 · LV EPH 2:14 · Read together EPH 2:14

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OET-RV EPH 2:14

14 He is the source of peace between Yehudim and non-Jews, having broken the dividing wall that fenced them apart and making the two into one. He took the hostility onto himself,

OET-LV EPH 2:14

14 For/Because he is the peace of _us, the one having _made which both one, and the dividing _wall of _the fence having _broken, the enmity in the flesh of _him,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μεσότοιχον

Form 1

Sense 1: dividing wall