ἈΣΠΙΔΑΣ, ἀσπιδας
ASPIDAS, aspidas
Sounds Like: as-PEE-das
Translations: shields, a shield
From the root: ἈΣΠΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a shield, a piece of defensive armor carried for protection against blows or missiles. It is typically used in contexts related to warfare or defense, often appearing in lists of military equipment. In the provided examples, it is used in plural form, referring to multiple shields.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0778 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 8:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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, 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.
- 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
- ἈΣΠΙΣ — shield, a shield
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