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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

  • διέρρηξε πέτραν ἐν ἐρήμῳ καὶ ἐπότισεν αὐτοὺσ ὡσ ἐν ἀβύσσῳ πολλῇ (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 77:15)
  • καὶ ἐπετίμησε τῇ ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ἐξηράνθη, καὶ ὡδήγησεν αὐτοὺσ ἐν ἀβύσσῳ ὡσ ἐν ἐρήμῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 105:9)
  • ὁ λέγων τῇ ἀβύσσῳ. ἐρημωθήσῃ, καὶ τοὺσ ποταμούσ σου ξηρανῶ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 44:27)

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