King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2375
Transliteration: thyreos
Phonetic Spelling: (thoo-reh-os')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a shield
Meaning: a shield
θυρεός, θυρεοῦ, ὁ (from θύρα, because shaped like a door (cf. Winers Grammar, 23)), a shield (Latinscutum); it was large, oblong, and four-cornered: τόν θυρεόν τῆς πίστεως, equivalent to τήν πίστιν ὡς θυρεόν, Ephesians 6:16. It differs from ἀσπίς (Latinclipeus), which was smaller and circular. (Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others.)
Word Summary
thyreos: a shield
Original Word: θυρεόςTransliteration: thyreos
Phonetic Spelling: (thoo-reh-os')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a shield
Meaning: a shield
Strong's Concordance
shield. From thura; a large shield (as door-shaped) -- shield.
see GREEK thura
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2375: θυρεόςθυρεός, θυρεοῦ, ὁ (from θύρα, because shaped like a door (cf. Winers Grammar, 23)), a shield (Latinscutum); it was large, oblong, and four-cornered: τόν θυρεόν τῆς πίστεως, equivalent to τήν πίστιν ὡς θυρεόν, Ephesians 6:16. It differs from ἀσπίς (Latinclipeus), which was smaller and circular. (Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others.)