What does τεῖχος (teîchos) mean in the Bible?
τεῖχος (teîchos) is a Greek word meaning "a wall (as formative of a house)".
Greek · G5038
τεῖχος
A wall (as formative of a house)
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τεῖχος G5038
Pronunciation teîchos
What does τεῖχος (teîchos) mean in the Bible?
τεῖχος (teîchos) is a Greek word meaning "a wall (as formative of a house)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5038?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include wall (5), walls (3), wall [to be] (1).
Where does τεῖχος (teîchos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 9:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (6), 2 Corinthians (1), Acts (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It wall 5× Acts 9:25, 2 Corinthians 11:33, Revelation 21:12, Revelation 21:14
walls 3× Hebrews 11:30, Revelation 21:15, Revelation 21:19
wall [to be] 1× Revelation 21:17
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 9:25 τείχους to wall Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 2 Corinthians 11:33 τείχους to wall Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Hebrews 11:30 τείχη to walls Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural Revelation 21:12 τεῖχος to wall Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 21:14 τεῖχος to wall Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Revelation 21:15 τεῖχος to walls Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 21:17 τεῖχος to wall [to be] Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 21:18 τείχους to wall Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Revelation 21:19 τείχους to walls Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 9:25
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 4
Acts 1 2 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 1 Revelation 6
Source forms
τεῖχος 4x teichos Revelation 21:12, Revelation 21:14, Revelation 21:15, Revelation 21:17
τείχους 4x teichous Acts 9:25, 2 Corinthians 11:33, Revelation 21:18, Revelation 21:19
τείχη 1x teichē Hebrews 11:30
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 4x Acts 9:25, 2 Corinthians 11:33, Revelation 21:18, Revelation 21:19
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 3x Revelation 21:12, Revelation 21:15, Revelation 21:17
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Hebrews 11:30
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 21:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a wall (as formative of a house)
Strong's G5038
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 4 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a wall (as formative of a house)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
a wall, esp. that about a town: Act.9:25, 2Co.11:33, Heb.11:30, Rev.21:12-19
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 9:25 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
τείχους, teicouv
a wall
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:33 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
τείχους, teicouv
a wall
Read verse Hebrews 11:30 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
τείχη teich
a wall
Read verse Revelation 21:12 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
τεῖχος teicov
a wall
Read verse Revelation 21:14 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
τεῖχος teicov
a wall
Read verse Revelation 21:15 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
τεῖχος teicov
a wall
Read verse Revelation 21:17 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
τεῖχος teicov
a wall
Read verse Revelation 21:18 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
τείχους teicouv
a wall
Read verse Revelation 21:19 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
τείχους teicouv
a wall
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Heb 11:30 1×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Rev 21:14 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 9:25 · 2 Cor 11:33 · Rev 21:18 · Rev 21:19 4×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rev 21:12 · Rev 21:15 · Rev 21:17 3×
Word Origins
τεῖχος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain