ΘΗΚΗΣ, θηκης
THĒKĒS, thēkēs
Sounds Like: THAY-kays
Translations: of a case, of a chest, of a box, of a sheath, of a scabbard, of a tomb, of a grave
From the root: ΘΗΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a container or receptacle, such as a case, chest, or box. It can also specifically mean a sheath for a sword or a tomb or grave. It is used to indicate possession or origin, similar to saying 'of a case' or 'belonging to a tomb'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2372 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Isaiah — 6:13
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 11:284
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Isaiah — 6:13
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
- ΘΗΚΑΙΣ — 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
- 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
- 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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