θυρεός, θυρεοῦ, ὁ (from θύρα, because shaped like a door (cf. Winers Grammar, 23)), a shield (Latinscutum); it was large, oblong, and four-cornered: τόνθυρεόντῆςπίστεως, equivalent to τήνπίστινὡςθυρεόν, Ephesians 6:16. It differs from ἀσπίς (Latinclipeus), which was smaller and circular. (Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others.)
Ephesians 6:16 - N-AMS GRK:ἀναλαβόντες τὸν θυρεὸν τῆς πίστεως NAS: taking up the shield of faith KJV: taking the shield of faith, INT: having taken up the shield of faith