Strong G785ἀσπίς
asp
- Transliteration
- aspis
- Pronunciation
- as-pece'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; a buckler (or round shield); used of a serpent (as coiling itself) probably the asp: - asp.
Detailed definition
ἀσπίς, -ίδος, ἡ
[in LXX for פֶּתֶן, etc.;]
an asp: Rom.3:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX for פֶּתֶן, etc.;]
an asp: Rom.3:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G785 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- asp1
First verses
- Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀσπίς, ίδος, ἡ,
shield, εὔκυκλος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.428, +others; κυκλοτερής 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; ἀσπίδος κύκλος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 489; ὀμφαλόεσσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.448, +others)]; opposed to Thracian πέλτη and Persian γέρρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.6, “Mem.” 3.9.2)]; ἀσπίδα ῥῖψαι, ἀποβαλεῖν, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 28, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 19, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.95)]: to estimate a victory, ἀσπίδας ἔλαβον ὡς διακοσίας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.3: _metaphorically_, οὗτος γὰρ ἡμῖν ἀ. οὐ μικρὰ θράσους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1437; τὴν ἀ. ἀποβέβληκεν τοῦ βίον 4th c.BC: Nicostratus Philosophus Comedy texts 29, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 62.47.)]
2 collective, body of men-at-arms, ὀκτακισχιλίη ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.30, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 78, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.10.)]
3 military phrases, ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδας πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι τάξασθαι to be drawn up twenty-five deep or in file, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.93; στρατιὰν τεταγμένην οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ὀλίγων ἀσπίδων [prev. author] 7.79; ἵστασθαι ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἀσπίδας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 66)]; ἐπὶ μιᾶς ἀσπίδος in single line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.99)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα, παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα (opposed to ἐπὶ δόρυ), on the left, towards or to the left, because the shield was on the left arm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.6, “An.” 4.3.26; παρ᾽ ἀσπίδος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 624; ἐξ ἀσπίδος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.23.5)]; but παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα, literally, beside the shield, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.400)]; παρ᾽ ἀ. στῆναι stand in battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 250, “Ph.” 1001)]; παρ᾽ ἀ. βεβηκέναι[Refs ([prev. work] 1073; ἐκπονεῖν [prev. author] “Or.” 653, compare “Hel.” 734; ἐς ἀσπίδ᾽ ἥξειν [prev. author] “Ph.” 1326)]; ἀσπίδας συγκλείειν (compare συγκλείω); ἀσπίδα τίθεσθαι serve in the ranks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 756a)]; but θέσθαι τὰς ἀ. pile shields, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.12)]; ἐπειδὰν ἀ. ψοφῇ when the shields ring, i.e. when two bodies of men meet in a charge, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 4.3.29)]; ἀσπίδα ἀναδέξαι, ἆραι, as a signal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.115, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.27.)]
4 of a round, flat bowl, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 14.)]
5 boss on a door, [Refs (“IG” 4.1484.79 (Epid.).)]
II asp, Egyptian cobra, Coluber haié, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.191, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 702, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 158, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.570, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.31)]; a play on signff. I and II, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 23.)]
II.2 ornament in this form, [Refs (“OGI” 90.43 (from Rosetta).)]
shield, εὔκυκλος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.428, +others; κυκλοτερής 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; ἀσπίδος κύκλος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 489; ὀμφαλόεσσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.448, +others)]; opposed to Thracian πέλτη and Persian γέρρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.6, “Mem.” 3.9.2)]; ἀσπίδα ῥῖψαι, ἀποβαλεῖν, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 28, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 19, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.95)]: to estimate a victory, ἀσπίδας ἔλαβον ὡς διακοσίας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.3: _metaphorically_, οὗτος γὰρ ἡμῖν ἀ. οὐ μικρὰ θράσους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1437; τὴν ἀ. ἀποβέβληκεν τοῦ βίον 4th c.BC: Nicostratus Philosophus Comedy texts 29, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 62.47.)]
2 collective, body of men-at-arms, ὀκτακισχιλίη ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.30, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 78, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.10.)]
3 military phrases, ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδας πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι τάξασθαι to be drawn up twenty-five deep or in file, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.93; στρατιὰν τεταγμένην οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ὀλίγων ἀσπίδων [prev. author] 7.79; ἵστασθαι ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἀσπίδας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 66)]; ἐπὶ μιᾶς ἀσπίδος in single line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.99)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα, παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα (opposed to ἐπὶ δόρυ), on the left, towards or to the left, because the shield was on the left arm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.6, “An.” 4.3.26; παρ᾽ ἀσπίδος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 624; ἐξ ἀσπίδος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.23.5)]; but παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα, literally, beside the shield, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.400)]; παρ᾽ ἀ. στῆναι stand in battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 250, “Ph.” 1001)]; παρ᾽ ἀ. βεβηκέναι[Refs ([prev. work] 1073; ἐκπονεῖν [prev. author] “Or.” 653, compare “Hel.” 734; ἐς ἀσπίδ᾽ ἥξειν [prev. author] “Ph.” 1326)]; ἀσπίδας συγκλείειν (compare συγκλείω); ἀσπίδα τίθεσθαι serve in the ranks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 756a)]; but θέσθαι τὰς ἀ. pile shields, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.12)]; ἐπειδὰν ἀ. ψοφῇ when the shields ring, i.e. when two bodies of men meet in a charge, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 4.3.29)]; ἀσπίδα ἀναδέξαι, ἆραι, as a signal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.115, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.27.)]
4 of a round, flat bowl, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 14.)]
5 boss on a door, [Refs (“IG” 4.1484.79 (Epid.).)]
II asp, Egyptian cobra, Coluber haié, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.191, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 702, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 158, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.570, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.31)]; a play on signff. I and II, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 23.)]
II.2 ornament in this form, [Refs (“OGI” 90.43 (from Rosetta).)]