ΘΥΡΕΟΙΣ, θυρεοις
THYREOIS, thyreois
Sounds Like: THOO-reh-oys
Translations: shields, with shields, by shields
From the root: ΘΥΡΕΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to large, oblong shields, often rectangular or oval, used by soldiers in ancient warfare. It is a compound word, derived from the word for 'door' (θύρα), indicating its door-like size and shape. In the provided context, it is used in the dative plural, indicating the instrument or means by which an action is performed, such as fighting 'with shields'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2375 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Chronicles — 12:35
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 12:339
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Chronicles — 12:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΥΡΕΟΣ.
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.
- ΘΥΡΕΟΙ — shields, a shield
- ΘΥΡΕΟΝ — shield, a shield
- ΘΥΡΕΟΣ — shield, a shield
- ΘΥΡΕΟΥ — of a shield, of a large shield, of a door-shaped shield
- ΘΥΡΕΟΥΣ — shields
- ΘΥΡΕΩ — (to) a shield, (to) shield
- ΤΟΙΣΘΥΡΕΟΙΣ — (to) the shields, (for) the shields
- ΤΟΥΣΘΥΡΕΟΥΣ — the shields, shields
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