teichos · wall

What it means

teichos (τεῖχος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “wall”.

Of a city.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The stone barrier around a city.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• wall ×8
• walls ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Hebrews×1
• Revelation×6

• Acts 9:25

  but his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a basket, letting him down through the wall.

• 2 Corinthians 11:33

  and through a window in a basket I was let down through the wall and escaped his hands.

• Hebrews 11:30

  By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days.

• Revelation 21:12

  It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

• Revelation 21:14

  And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

• Revelation 21:15

  And the one who was speaking with me had a measuring reed of gold to measure the city and its gates and its wall.

• Revelation 21:17

  And he measured its wall, a hundred forty four cubits, by human measure, which is also an angel’s.

• Revelation 21:18

  And the material of its wall was jasper, and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

• Revelation 21:19

  The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,