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τεῖχος

Strong’s: G5038

Associated OET lemmas: τεῖχος

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: τεῖχος; -ους

Related lemmas: τοῖχος

Sense 1: city wall

Semantic entry: 7.61

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Walls and Fences

Definition: a particularly strong permanent wall, primarily the wall built around a city for its protection

Notes: In a number of languages a translator must make a clear distinction between a wall of a house and a city wall. The wall of a house may be called ‘a side of a house’ and an inner wall ‘a partition in a house,’ while a city wall is often related to terms such as ‘barricade’ or ‘fence.’ Hence, a city wall may be called ‘a fortified fence around a city.’

Further resources: realia:3.13.3.1

ACT 9:25: RV ACT 9:25 · LV ACT 9:25 · Read together ACT 9:25

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OET-RV ACT 9:25

25 but his supporters took him to the city wall at night time and lowered him down in a basket.

OET-LV ACT 9:25

25 and the apprentices/followers of _him having _taken him by _night through the wall, they _let_ him _down, having _lowered him in a_basket.

CO2 11:33: RV CO2 11:33 · LV CO2 11:33 · Read together CO2 11:33

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OET-RV CO2 11:33

33 but I was lowered down from a window in the city wall in a basket and thus able to escape his clutch.

OET-LV CO2 11:33

33 but through a_window in a_basket, I _was _lowered through the wall and I _escaped the hands of _him.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 9:25 · LV ACT 9:25 · Read together ACT 9:25

CO2: RV CO2 11:33 · LV CO2 11:33 · Read together CO2 11:33

HEB: RV HEB 11:30 · LV HEB 11:30 · Read together HEB 11:30

REV: RV REV 21:12 · RV REV 21:14–15 · RV REV 21:17–19 · LV REV 21:12 · LV REV 21:14–15 · LV REV 21:17–19 · Read together REV 21:12 · Read together REV 21:14–15 · Read together REV 21:17–19