ἈΣΠΙΔΩΝ, ἀσπιδων
ASPIDŌN, aspidōn
Sounds Like: as-pi-DON
Translations: of shields, of a shield
From the root: ἈΣΠΊΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a shield, a piece of defensive armor carried for protection. In this form, it is a genitive plural, indicating possession or origin, so it would be used in phrases like 'of shields' or 'belonging to shields'. It can also refer to a viper or asp, due to the shield-like shape of its head.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0778 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 10:263
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 27:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 32:33
- 2 Maccabees — 5:3, 15:11
- Psalms — 13:3, 139:4
- Odes — 2:33
- Isaiah — 11:8, 14:29, 30:6, 59:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Romans — 3:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΠΊΣ.
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- ἈΣΠΙΔΙ — (to) a shield, (to) shield
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