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τειχήρης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τειχήρης τειχήρες

Structure: τειχηρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)rari/skw

Sense

  1. enclosed by walls, beleaguered, besieged

Examples

  • καὶ τίσ ἡ γῆ, εἰσ ἣν οὗτοι ἐγκάθηνται ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ, εἰ καλή ἐστιν ἢ πονηρά. καὶ τίνεσ αἱ πόλεισ, ἃσ οὗτοι κατοικοῦσιν ἐν αὐταῖσ, εἰ ἐν τειχήρεσιν ἢ ἐν ἀτειχίστοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 13:20)
  • καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ᾠκοδόμησε τεῖχοσ ἔξω τῆσ πόλεωσ Δαυὶδ ἀπὸ λιβὸσ κατὰ Γιὼν ἐν τῷ χειμάρρῳ καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἴσοδον τὴν διὰ τῆσ πύλησ τῆσ ἰχθυϊκῆσ ἐκπορευομένων τὴν πύλην τὴν κυκλόθεν καὶ εἰσ Ὀφλὰ καὶ ὕψωσε σφόδρα. καὶ κατέστησεν ἄρχοντασ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ ἐν πάσαισ ταῖσ πόλεσι ταῖσ τειχήρεσιν ἐν Ἰούδᾳ (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 33:14)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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