Lexical Summary thēkē: a receptacle Original Word: θήκηTransliteration: thēkē Phonetic Spelling: (thay'-kay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a receptacle Meaning: a receptacle Strong's Concordance sheath. From tithemi; a receptacle, i.e. Scabbard -- sheath. see GREEK tithemi Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2336: θήκηθήκη, θήκης, ἡ (τίθημι); from (Aeschylus), Herodotus down; that in which a thing is put or laid away, a receptacle, repository, chest, box: used of the sheath of a sword, John 18:11; Josephus, Antiquities 7, 11, 7; Pollux 10 (31) 144. |