noun · masculine

thureos

Greekθυρεός (thureos)

Strong’sG2375

a large shield

stem thure-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

shield1×

What it means

θυρεός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< θύρα), [in LXX for מָגֵן, צִנָּה;]

1. in Hom., a door-stone.

2. In late Gk. (Polyb., Plut.), the scutum, a large oblong shield: θ. τ. πίστεως, Eph 6:16 (cf. Wi 5:20, where ὁσιότης is likened to the ἀσπίς, the clypeus or small round shield of the light-armed soldier).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2375 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidthoo-reh-os'

a large shield (as door-shaped)

Fromfrom G2374;

King Jamesshield.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	thureos	thureois
object accusative	thureon1×θυρεὸν	thureoin
direct address vocative	thureor	thureoir
of, belonging to genitive	thureou	thureoiu
to, for dative	thureo	thureoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

thurestem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

thureo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

thureon“shield”objectaccusative singular1×

Ephesians 6:16“shield”en pantei analambaratois ton thureon tau pistiau, en ho dunevi panteim teim beleim tou ponērou purirēteim sbennuara;In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.