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Koine Greek wordlink #124834

SR GNT 2 Cor 11:33 τείχους (teiⱪous) ‘I was lowered through the wall and I escaped the’ Strongs=50380 Lemma=teiχos
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=neuter number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (3) of identical word form τείχους (N-GNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘τείχους’ (N-GNS) is always and only glossed as ‘wall’.

Acts 9:25 ‘by night through the wall they let_down him having lowered him’ SR GNT Acts 9:25 word 12

OET-LV: 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. (ACT_9:25)

OET-RV: 25 but his supporters took him to the city wall at night time and lowered him down in a basket. (ACT 9:25)

Rev 21:18 ‘the structure of the wall of it was jasper and’ SR GNT Rev 21:18 word 8

OET-LV: 18 And was the structure of _the wall of _it was jasper, and the city was gold pure, similar to _glass clean. (REV_21:18)

OET-RV: 18 The wall was made of green jasper stone and the city itself was pure gold but as clear as glass. (REV 21:18)

Rev 21:19 ‘the foundations of the wall of the city with every’ SR GNT Rev 21:19 word 5

OET-LV: 19 the foundations of _the wall of _the city with _every stone precious having _been _adorned. The foundation the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, (REV_21:19)

OET-RV: 19 The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with many different kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, (REV 21:19)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘teiχos’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a wall’, ‘wall’, ‘walls’.

Greek words (5) other than τείχους (N-GNS) with a gloss related to ‘wall’

ACTs 23:3 τοῖχε (toiⱪe) N-VMS Lemma=toiχos ‘you is going god wall having_been whitewashed and you’ SR GNT Acts 23:3 word 15

OET-LV: 3 Then the Paulos said to him: - god is _going to _be _striking you, wall having _been _whitewashed. And are_ you _sitting judging me according _to the law, and you _are_ violating _law _commanding me to _be _being _struck? (ACT_23:3)

OET-RV: 3 “God will strike you,” said Paul, “you grand show-off. You’ve been brought here to judge me as someone who knows the law and yet you violate the law by commanding that I be hit in the face.” (ACT 23:3)

REV 21:12 τεῖχος (teiⱪos) N-ANS ‘having a wall great and high’ SR GNT Rev 21:12 word 5

OET-LV: 12 having a_wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names having _been _inscribed, which is of _the twelve tribes of_the_sons of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl). (REV_21:12)

OET-RV: 12 The city had wall that was both wide and high, with twelve gates and twelve messengers at the gates. The gates had the names of the twelve tribes (from Yisrael’s twelve sons) written on them. (REV 21:12)

REV 21:14 τεῖχος (teiⱪos) N-NNS ‘and the wall of the city having’ SR GNT Rev 21:14 word 3

OET-LV: 14 And the wall of _the city having twelve foundations, and in them the_twelve twelve names of _the ambassadors of _the lamb. (REV_21:14)

OET-RV: 14 The city wall had twelve foundation stones, and they had the names of the lamb’s twelve missionaries written on them. (REV 21:14)

REV 21:15 τεῖχος (teiⱪos) N-ANS ‘of it and the wall of it’ SR GNT Rev 21:15 word 20

OET-LV: 15 And the one speaking with me was _having a_measure reed golden, in _order _that he _may _measure the city, and the gates of _it, and the wall of _it. (REV_21:15)

OET-RV: 15 The messenger speaking to me had a golden measuring rod so that he could measure the city and its gates and wall. (REV 21:15)

REV 21:17 τεῖχος (teiⱪos) N-ANS ‘and he measured the wall of it of a hundred forty’ SR GNT Rev 21:17 word 5

OET-LV: 17 And he _measured the wall of _it, of_a_hundred forty four cubits, a_measure of _human _origin that is also of_the_messenger. (REV_21:17)

OET-RV: 17 He also measured the wall to be 70m using normal measurements. (REV 21:17)

Key: N=noun ANS=accusative,neuter,singular GNS=genitive,neuter,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular VMS=vocative,masculine,singular