Strong G2336θήκη
sheath
- Transliteration
- thēkē
- Pronunciation
- thay'-kay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G5087; a receptacle that is scabbard: - sheath.
Detailed definition
Θήκη, -ης, ἡ
(τίθημι), [in LXX: Exo.25:27 (בַּיִת), Isa.6:13 3:26 *;]
a receptacle, chest, case: of the sheath of a sword, Jhn.18:11.†
(AS)
(τίθημι), [in LXX: Exo.25:27 (בַּיִת), Isa.6:13 3:26 *;]
a receptacle, chest, case: of the sheath of a sword, Jhn.18:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2336 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sheath1
First verses
- John 18:11Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θήκ-η, ἡ,
(τίθημι) case, chest, χρυσοῦ θ. a money-chest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130, 9.83, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1147, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.17, etc.)]
2 grave, tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 405, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1763 (_anapaest meter_); νεκρῶν θήκας ἀνοίγειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.187, compare 67, +others; αἱ θ. τῶν τεθνεώτων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8, 3.104)]; εἰς ἀναισχύντους θ. ἐτράποντο modes of burial, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.52, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427b; θήκην ὀρύττειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.5.)]
3 ξίφους θ. sword-sheath, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.144)]; τόξου bow-case, [Refs (EM 333.41.)]
(τίθημι) case, chest, χρυσοῦ θ. a money-chest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130, 9.83, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1147, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.17, etc.)]
2 grave, tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 405, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1763 (_anapaest meter_); νεκρῶν θήκας ἀνοίγειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.187, compare 67, +others; αἱ θ. τῶν τεθνεώτων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8, 3.104)]; εἰς ἀναισχύντους θ. ἐτράποντο modes of burial, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.52, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427b; θήκην ὀρύττειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.5.)]
3 ξίφους θ. sword-sheath, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.144)]; τόξου bow-case, [Refs (EM 333.41.)]