Words the Bible translates as wall
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 16 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- teichosτεῖχοςa city wall: the massive outer wall that rings a town, holds off an attacking army, and marks where the city begins
- ḥomahחוֹמָהthe fortified perimeter wall of a city or settlement, and by extension any barrier that stands between danger and those it shelters
- toichosτοῖχοςwallnot studied yet
- qirקִירwall: the upright side of a building, room, or object
- gaderגָּדֵרa wall: the low boundary of stacked stones that rings a vineyard, field, or courtyard and keeps safe whatever is inside it.
- gederahגְּדֵרָהa wall of piled stones fencing in a piece of ground, and so the pen it makes for a flock
- binyanבִּנְיָןa built structure: something raised by construction, seen as a solid measurable object rather than as a home or a defense
- ḥelחֵלa rampart: the low outer defense ringing a fortified city, set in front of its main wall
+1 more meaning
- a company of people: the body of Israelite exiles promised a return in Obadiah
- shurשׁוּרwallnot studied yet
- shurשׁוּרwallnot studied yet
- ushsharnaאֻשַּׁרְנָאwallnot studied yet
- gederגֶּדֶרwallnot studied yet
- ketalכְּתַלwallnot studied yet
- mesotoichosμεσότοιχοςwallnot studied yet
- ḥayitsחַיִץwallnot studied yet
- kotelכֹּתֶלwallnot studied yet
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