With your shield or on it meaning

"Come back with your shield - or on it" (Plutarch, Mor. 241) was supposed to be the parting cry of mothers to their sons. Mothers whose sons died in battle openly rejoiced, mothers whose sons survived hung their heads in shame.

1. What does it mean to be on your shield?
2. What does out on his shield mean?
3. Is either with shield or on shield Greek?
4. How do you say come back with your shield or on it in Greek?
5. What does shield mean in slang?
6. How do you use shield in a sentence?
7. Who said Come back with your shield or on it?
8. What is it called when you hit someone with a shield?
9. What does the shield mean on teams?
10. What is Latin with your shield or on it?
11. What does Athena have on her shield?
12. What did Spartans say about Shields?
13. What is your shield in the Bible?
14. What is the purpose of the shield in the Bible?
15. What does God say about the shield?
16. Why is God called a shield?
17. How does God protect us?
18. What is God's promise of protection?
19. What is God's covering?

What does it mean to be on your shield?

If a man fell in battle, his friends carried him home on his shield. The saying told the men that they were to return victorious (with their shield), or injured or dead (on it). I think that not returning injured is somehow implied in the saying.

What does out on his shield mean?

As a figure of speech, “Going out on your shield” means, “I know this isn't going to work, I know this is going to fail, I know I'm doomed… but I'm going to do this anyway and fail gloriously.”

Is either with shield or on shield Greek?

The inscription on the wall is a Greek phrase, meaning, “With it [your shield], or on it." According to ancient Spartan tradition, a warrior was never without his shield -- either returning home from battle alive, carrying his shield, or dead, carried upon it by his comrades.

How do you say come back with your shield or on it in Greek?

Η ΤΑΝ Η ΕΠΙ ΤΑΣ (Ḕ tā̀n ḕ epì tâs): “Come back with your shield, or on it.” This ancient Greek phrase, we're told by no less an authority than Plutarch, was an admonition given to Spartan warriors who were headed into battle.

What does shield mean in slang?

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How do you use shield in a sentence?

He used his left hand as a shield against the reflecting sunlight. He shielded his head from the sun with an old sack. The company does not bet its own money on equities, and so is shielded from market risk. He squinted and shielded his eyes.

Who said Come back with your shield or on it?

“As a warrior of Sparta come back with your shield or on it.” Asked what was the greatest benefit Lycurgus conferred on his countryman, King Agesilaus replied "Contempt of pleasure."

What is it called when you hit someone with a shield?

Shield Bash (also AoN) >> "A shield bash is not actually a weapon, but a maneuver in which you thrust or swing your shield to hit your foe with an impromptu attack."

What does the shield mean on teams?

Hello RobertQuinton, Those shields mean that the program has Administrative rights to run. So you need to run it as an administrator.

What is Latin with your shield or on it?

Aut cum scuto aut in scuto.

Either with shield or on shield. This is actually a Latin version of an earlier Greek phrase. In Sparta, mothers were said to tell their war-bred children to either come back carrying their shield or on it.

What does Athena have on her shield?

Athena has been depicted with snakes near her and with snake haired Medusa's head upon her shield. This symbolically was to enforce Athena's power of victory through death and destruction of the enemy.

What did Spartans say about Shields?

As one Spartan King said regarding the importance of the shield, “because the latter [other armors] they put on for their own protection, but the shield for the common good of the whole line.”

What is your shield in the Bible?

Ultimately, the Lord is described as our Shield (as aforementioned). No matter who rises up against us, He covers us. We are guarded from everything that would threaten us. Nothing can break through His protective barrier surrounding us.

What is the purpose of the shield in the Bible?

The fourth piece of armor Paul discusses in Ephesians 6 is the shield of faith. He tells us to take up the shield of faith in order to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. For a Roman soldier, a shield was used as a form of protection.

What does God say about the shield?

Psalm 3:3 declares, “But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head.” What does it mean that God is a shield for us? This historical visual of a shield in battle deflecting the enemy's attack can feel irrelevant to us today.

Why is God called a shield?

To be under God's shield is to have God as your protector, to trust that God will look out for you, safeguard you. But even more, to have God as your shield means that you are his, you belong to him, you fight under his shield and he protects you as his own. It means that God has claimed you as his own.

How does God protect us?

The shield of faith protects us with God's promises.

This protective weapon helps us “extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one” (Ephesians 6:16). The enemy constantly seeks to attack us by shooting arrows of doubt, temptation, and deception into our hearts and minds, causing us to fall and act faithlessly.

What is God's promise of protection?

The psalm says, "I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust." If God is our refuge and we are tucked safely in the arms of divine Love, then nothing can get through to us unless it goes through God first.

What is God's covering?

"God's Covering" is an expression which describes the spiritual protection and nurture which God provides for all those who are in a covenant relationship with Him.