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|strgr=from [[θύρα]]; a [[large]] [[shield]] (as [[door]]-shaped): [[shield]].
|strgr=from [[θύρα]]; a [[large]] [[shield]] (as [[door]]-shaped): [[shield]].
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|txtha=θυρεοῦ, ὁ (from [[θύρα]], [[because]] shaped [[like]] a [[door]] (cf. Winer s Grammar, 23)), a [[shield]] (Latin scutum); it [[was]] [[large]], [[oblong]], and [[four]]-cornered: [[τόν]] θυρεόν τῆς πίστεως, equivalent to [[τήν]] πίστιν ὡς θυρεόν, [[ἀσπίς]] (Latin clipeus), [[which]] [[was]] smaller and [[circular]]. ([[Polybius]], [[Dionysius]] [[Halicarnassus]], [[Plutarch]], others.)
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