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ἀδελφή?

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration: adelphē

Principal Part: ἀδελφή ἀδελφῆς

Structure: ἀδελφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. sister
  2. some other female relation, such as wife or cousin

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀδελφή ἀδελφά ἀδελφαί
Genitive ἀδελφῆς ἀδελφαῖν ἀδελφῶν
Dative ἀδελφῇ ἀδελφαῖν ἀδελφαῖς
Accusative ἀδελφήν ἀδελφά ἀδελφάς
Vocative ἀδελφή ἀδελφά ἀδελφαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Σελλὰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὴ ἔτεκε τὸν Θόβελ, καὶ ἦν σφυροκόπος χαλκεὺς χαλκοῦ καὶ σιδήρου. ἀδελφὴ δὲ Θόβελ Νοεμά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:22)
  • εἰπὸν οὖν, ὅτι ἀδελφὴ αὐτοῦ εἰμι, ὅπως ἂν εὖ μοι γένηται διὰ σέ, καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἕνεκέν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:13)
  • ἱνατί εἶπας ὅτι ἀδελφή μου ἐστί; καὶ ἔλαβον αὐτὴν ἐμαυτῷ γυναῖκα, καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἡ γυνή σου ἔναντί σου. λαβὼν ἀπότρεχε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:19)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἁβραὰμ περὶ Σάρρας τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἀδελφή μου ἐστίν. ἐφοβήθη γὰρ εἰπεῖν ὅτι γυνή μου ἐστί, μή ποτε ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτὸν οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως δἰ αὐτήν. ἀπέστειλε δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ, βασιλεὺς Γεράρων, καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν Σάρραν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:2)
  • οὐκ αὐτός μοι εἶπεν, ἀδελφή μου ἐστί; καὶ αὕτη μοι εἶπεν, ἀδελφός μου ἐστίν; ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ καὶ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ χειρῶν ἐποίησα τοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:5)

Synonyms

  1. sister

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