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ἄβυσσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄβυσσος ἄβυσσος ἄβυσσον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + βυσς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: For the Root, v. baqu/s.

Sense

  1. bottomless, boundless
  2. unfathomable

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ γῆ ἦν ἀόρατοσ καὶ ἀκατασκεύαστοσ, καὶ σκότοσ ἐπάνω τῆσ ἀβύσσου, καὶ πνεῦμα Θεοῦ ἐπεφέρετο ἐπάνω τοῦ ὕδατοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:2)
  • ἐν τῷ ἑξακοσιοστῷ ἔτει ἐν τῇ ζωῇ τοῦ Νῶε, τοῦ δευτέρου μηνόσ, ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνόσ, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ἐρράγησαν πᾶσαι αἱ πηγαὶ τῆσ ἀβύσσου, καὶ οἱ καταρράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἠνεῴχθησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:11)
  • καὶ ἐπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ πηγαὶ τῆσ ἀβύσσου καὶ οἱ καταρράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ συνεσχέθη ὁ ὑετὸσ ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:2)
  • ἦλθεσ δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσησ, ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησασ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 38:16)
  • τὸν δὲ τάρταρον τῆσ ἀβύσσου ὥσπερ αἰχμάλωτον. ἐλογίσατο ἄβυσσον εἰσ περίπατον. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 41:24)

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