Dictionary entry

θήκη

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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.†