Quick Definition
a hedge, fence, partition
Strong's Definition
a fence, or inclosing barrier (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: from G5420 (φράσσω);
KJV Usage: hedge (+ round about), partition
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φραγμός, φραγμοῦ, ὁ (φράσσω to fence round), a hedge, a fence: Mat_21:33; Mar_12:1; Luk_14:23; tropically, that which separates, prevents two from coming together, Eph_2:14 (A. V. partition), see μεσότοιχον. (The Sept., Sir. 36:30(27); Herodotus, Sophocles, Thucydides, Plutarch, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φραγμός phragmos 4x
a fence, hedge; a hedgeside path, Mat_21:33 ; Mar_12:1 ; Luk_14:23 ;
met. a parting fence, Eph_2:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φραγμός , -οῦ , ὁ
( < φράσσω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H1447 , H1448 , also for H1448 , etc.;]
1. prop ., a fencing in ( Soph ., OT, 1387).
2. = φράγμα , a fence: Mat_21:33 , Mar_12:1 , Luk_14:23 . Metaph ., μεσότοιχον ( q.v. ) τοῦ φ ., gen . epexeg ., Eph_2:14 ( v. Ellic ., in l ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φραγμός [page 675]
prop, a fencing in, and hence a fence (as always in the NT, Mat. 21:33 al. ). Exx. are BGU IV. 1119 32 (a lease B.C. 5) τὸν φραγμὸν ῢ̣̣γιᾶ ο̣ἶο̣ν̣ καὶ π̣α̣ρε̣ίλ̣η̣ϕ̣ε̣ν , P Oxy III. 580 (ii/A.D.) εἰς ἐπιτήρησιν φόρου φραγμοῦ Παεβύθεως , and P Giss I. 56 .12 (vi/ A.D.) καλαμουργίαν καὶ τοὺς σφραγμούς ( l. φραγμούς ). For the μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ of Eph. 2:14 we may recall the inscr. on the Temple barrier OGIS 598 cited s.v. ἀλλογενής . The form φράγμα is found in P Bilabel 95 .459 (A.D. 7).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φραγμός φραγμός, οῦ, ὁ, [Etym: φράσσω] "a fencing in, blocking up", Soph. like φράγμα, "a fence, paling, palisade", Hdt. "a place fenced off, an enclosure", Anth. metaph. "a partition", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φραγμός, -oῦ, ὁ
(φράσσω), [in LXX chiefly for גָּדֵר, גְּדֵרָה, also for גְּדֵרָה, etc. ;]
__1. prop., a fencing in (Soph., OT, 1387).
__2. = φράγμα, a fence: Mat.21:33, Mrk.12:1, Luk.14:23. Metaphorical, μεσότοιχον (which see) τοῦ φ., genitive epexeg., Eph.2:14 (see Ellic., in l).†
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