ΘΗΚΑΙΣ, θηκαις
THĒKAIS, thēkais
Sounds Like: THAY-kays
Translations: to a chest, to a box, to a case, to a repository, to a place for putting things, to a tomb, to a grave, to a sheath, to a scabbard
From the root: ΘΗΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a place where something is put or stored, such as a chest, box, or repository. It can also refer to a tomb or grave, or a sheath for a sword. In the provided examples, it appears in contexts related to storing records (bibliothēkais - libraries/archives) and covenants (diathēkais - covenants/testaments). This is the dative plural form of the noun.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2379 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 15:394
- Book 8 — 10:264, 11:285
- Book 9 — 5:104, 8:166, 8:172, 12:243
- Book 10 — 5:77
- Book 14 — 7:124
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 9:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΗΚΗ.
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.
- ΘΗΚΑΙ — chests, cases, receptacles, places, depositories, a chest, a case, a receptacle, a place, a depository
- ΘΗΚΗ — case, chest, box, sheath, scabbard, tomb, grave, a case, a chest
- ΘΗΚΗΝ — case, chest, box, sheath, a case, a chest, a box, a sheath
- ΘΗΚΗΣ — of a case, of a chest, of a box, of a sheath, of a scabbard, of a tomb, of a grave
- ΘΗΚΩΝ — (of) a case, (of) a chest, (of) a repository, (of) a storehouse, (of) a tomb, (of) a sheath, (of) a scabbard
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