ΘΥΡΕΟΣ, θυρεος
THYREOS, thyreos
Sounds Like: thoo-REH-os
Translations: shield, a shield
From the root: ΘΥΡΕΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a large, oblong shield, often door-shaped, used for protection in battle. It was typically large enough to cover the entire body of a soldier. It is used to denote a defensive weapon.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2375 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judges — 5:8
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 5:27
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΘΥΡΕΟΙΣ — shields, with shields, by shields
- ΘΥΡΕΟΝ — 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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