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Koine Greek wordlink #128715

SR GNT Eph 2:14 μεσότοιχον (mesotoiⱪon) ‘one and the dividing_wall of the fence having broken’ Strongs=33200 Lemma=mesotoiχon^*
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form μεσότοιχον (N-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μεσότοιχον’ (N-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘dividing_wall’.

Eph 2:14 ‘one and the dividing_wall of the fence having broken’ SR GNT Eph 2:14 word 14

OET-LV: 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, (EPH_2:14)

OET-RV: 14 He is the source of peace between Jews and non-Jews, having broken the dividing wall that fenced them apart and making the two into one. He took the hostility onto himself, (EPH 2:14)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘mesotoiχon’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun ANS=accusative,neuter,singular