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Notes: It would be possible to treat θήκη as a semantic derivative of τίθημι[a] (85.32: τίθημι), but certain specializations of meaning justify its occurrence in this domain of Artifacts.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: θήκη; -ης

Related lemmas: τίθημι

Sense 1: sheath

Semantic entry: 6.119

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Containers

Definition: a case or bag about the size and shape of a sword, used to cover and to carry the sword; made of leather, cloth, metal, or even wood; attached to a strap or belt that could be hung over the shoulder or tied around the waist{N:001}

Notes: In this one occurrence of θήκη in the NT, the reference is to a ‘sheath’ for a sword, which may be rendered in some languages as ‘a leather bag for a sword’ or ‘a covering for a sword’ or ‘something in which a sword is carried.’

Further resources: realia:2.3.1

JHN 18:11: RV JHN 18:11 · LV JHN 18:11 · Read together JHN 18:11

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OET-RV JHN 18:11

11 But Yeshua said to Kefa, “Put your sword back in its sheath. I need to proceed with the plan that the father has prepared for me—I can’t just avoid the suffering.”

OET-LV JHN 18:11

11 Therefore the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said to_ the _Petros:
Put the sword into the sheath, the cup which the father has _given to _me, by _no _means I _may_ not _drink it?

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

θήκη

Form 1

Sense 1: sheath