Word study · Greek
mesótoichon
dividing wall
Say it: mes-OT-oy-khon (approximate)
μεσότοιχον
What it means
A wall in the middle (mesos "middle" plus toichos "wall"), a partition. In 2:14, Christ "broke down the middle wall of partition," which may refer to the barrier in the Jerusalem temple that kept Gentiles from the inner courts. It appears only here.
Range of meaning
- Dividing wallA partition.
- BarrierWhat keeps people apart.
In Ephesians
- Chapter 2
"Broke down the middle wall of partition" (2:14).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G3320 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources