ἈΣΠΙΣ, ἀσπις
ASPIS, aspis
Sounds Like: AHS-pees
Translations: shield, a shield
From the root: ἈΣΠΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a shield, typically a large, round shield used for defense in battle. It is a common piece of military equipment mentioned in ancient texts.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G794 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Samuel — 17:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΠΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΣΠΙΔΑΣ — shields, a shield
- ἈΣΠΙΔΕΣ — shield, a shield, asp, a venomous snake, a viper
- ἈΣΠΙΔΙΣΚΑΙ — small shields, little shields, round shields, bucklers, a small shield, a little shield, a round shield, a buckler
- ἈΣΠΙΔΙΣΚΟΙ — small shields, roundels, discs
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