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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, ὁ, (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 22 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - “Mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, may no showers fall on your terraced fields.[fn] For there the shield of the mighty was despised, the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32 - “Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria: “ ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34 - from Naphtali—1,000 officers, together with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 - King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels[fn] of hammered gold went into each shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:12 - He put shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:9 - When Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem, he carried off the treasures of the temple of the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields Solomon had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men from Judah, equipped with large shields and with spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin, armed with small shields and with bows. All these were brave fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - Then he gave the commanders of units of a hundred the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - Amaziah called the people of Judah together and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He then mustered those twenty years old or more and found that there were three hundred thousand men fit for military service, able to handle the spear and shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 - Uzziah provided shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows and slingstones for the entire army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - From that day on, half of my men did the work, while the other half were equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor. The officers posted themselves behind all the people of Judah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:2 - Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields[fn] with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4 - Your neck is like the tower of David, built with courses of stone[fn]; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:5 - They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 - “Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria: “He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:24 - They will come against you with weapons,[fn] chariots and wagons and with a throng of people; they will take up positions against you on every side with large and small shields and with helmets. I will turn you over to them for punishment, and they will punish you according to their standards.
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