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Lexicon :: Strong's G2375 - thyreos

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θυρεός
Transliteration
thyreos (Key)
Pronunciation
thoo-reh-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:312,702

Strong’s Definitions

θυρεός thyreós, thoo-reh-os'; from G2374; a large shield (as door-shaped):—shield.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2375 in the following manner: shield (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2375 in the following manner: shield (1x).
  1. a shield, a large oblong, four cornered shield

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θυρεός thyreós, thoo-reh-os'; from G2374; a large shield (as door-shaped):—shield.
STRONGS G2375:
θυρεός, -οῦ, , (from θύρα, because shaped like a door [cf. Winers Grammar, 23]), a shield (Latin scutum); it was large, oblong, and four-cornered: τὸν θ. τῆς πίστεως, equivalent to τὴν πίστιν ὡς θυρεόν, Ephesians 6:16. It differs from ἀσπίς (Latin clipeus), which was smaller and circular. [Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ephesians
6:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2375 matches the Greek θυρεός (thyreos),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in '1Ch' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34 - Of Naphtali 1,000 commanders with whom were 37,000 men armed with shield and spear.
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