What does θυρεός (thyreós) mean in the Bible?
θυρεός (thyreós) is a Greek word meaning "a large shield (as door-shaped)".
Greek · G2375
θυρεός
A large shield (as door-shaped)
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θυρεόςG2375
Pronunciationthyreós
What does θυρεός (thyreós) mean in the Bible?
θυρεός (thyreós) is a Greek word meaning "a large shield (as door-shaped)".
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How does the BSB render G2375?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include shield (1).
Where does θυρεός (thyreós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 6:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itshield1×Ephesians 6:16
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowEphesians 6:16
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Ephesians1
Source forms
θυρεὸν1xthyreonEphesians 6:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1xEphesians 6:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a large shield (as door-shaped)
Strong'sG2375
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a large shield (as door-shaped)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(θύρα), [in LXX for מָגֵן, צִנָּה ;]
1in Hom., a door-stone.
2In late Gk. (Polyb., Plut.), the scutum, a large oblong shield: θ. τ. πίστεως, Eph.6:16 (cf. Wis.5:20, where ὁσιότης is likened to the ἀσπίς, the clypeus or small round shield of the light-armed soldier).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 6:16Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
θυρεὸνqureon
a large shield
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · MasculineEph 6:161×
Word Origins
θυρεός is built from this root: