Quick Definition
θήκη, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a scabbard, sheath, receptacle
Strong's Definition
from 5087; a receptacle, i.e. scabbard
KJV Usage: sheath
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης | τίθημι
6.119 · Artifacts · Containers
sheath 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 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.’
1 It would be possible to treat θήκη as a semantic derivative of τίθημι[a] (85.32), but certain specializations of meaning justify its occurrence in this domain of Artifacts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θήκη, -ης; 9, (τίθημι) ; fr. [Aeschyl.], Hdt. down; that in which a thing is put or laid away, a receptacle, repository, chest, box: used of the sheath of a sword, Jn. xviii. 1; Joseph. antt. 7, 11, 7; Poll. 10, (31) 144.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θήκη thēkē 1x
a repository, receptacle; a case, sheath, scabbard, Jn. 18:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θήκη, -ης, ἡ
(< τίθημι), [in LXX: Ex 25:26(27) (בַּיִת), Is 6:13 (מַצֶּבֶת) Is 3:26*;]
a receptacle, chest, case: of the sheath of a sword, Jo 18:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θήκη. With the use of this word = ‘‘scabbard,” ‘*sheath,” in Jn 181 cf. P Petr III. 140 (a)* (accounts) περικεφαλαίας kal θήκης vy. For the more ordinary meaning ‘‘ box,” “*chest,”” see P Ryl II. 14818 (A.D. 40) θήκην ἀννήσου, “a store of anise,” BGU III. 781%-3® (i/A.p.) πίναξ μέγας ἐν θήκῃ, P Giss I. 473 (time of Hadrian) (= Chrest. I. p. 783) θηλαΐζω 2 ξυλίνης θήκης, and the mutilated inventory of a temple, BGU II. 387 4-18 (a.p. 177-181) θῆκαι χαλκᾶ[ι. In P Oxy IX. 11884 (a.p. 13) it is used of the ‘‘ tomb” of the sacred animals—éml τῆ(ς) τῶν ἱερῶν ζῴων θήκης, so *: cf. P Oxy I. 79 verso κ]ηδίας ἢ βασιλ[ικ(ῶν)] θηκῶν. The diminutive is similarly used in the early Christian inscr. cited s.v. yépo. For the verb θηκοποιέω = ‘“‘store,”’ see BGU III. 757'® (A.D. 12), P Ryl II. 14246 (A.D. 37).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θήκη (thēkē) — sheath. θήκ-η, ἡ, (τίθημι) case, chest, χρυσοῦ θ. a money-chest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. grave, tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀναισχύντους θ. ἐτράποντο modes of burial, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. ξίφους θ. sword-sheath, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τόξου bow-case, [Refs]