Word Summary
mesotoichon: a middle wall
Original Word: μεσότοιχονTransliteration: mesotoichon
Phonetic Spelling: (mes-ot'-oy-khon)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a middle wall
Meaning: a middle wall
Strong's Concordance
a middle wall, dividing wall
From mesos and toichos; a partition (figuratively) -- middle wall.
see GREEK mesos
see GREEK toichos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3320: μεσότοιχονμεσότοιχον,
μεσοτοιχου,
τό (
μέσος, and
τοῖχος the wall of a house),
a partition-wall:
τό μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ (i. e.
τόν φραγμόν τόν μεσότοιχον ὄντα (
A. V. the middle wall of partition;
Winer's Grammar, § 59, 8 a.)),
Ephesians 2:14. (Only once besides, and that too in the masculine:
τόν τῆς ἡονης καί ἀρετῆς μεσότοιχον,
Eratosthenes quoted in
Athen. 7, p. 281 d.)