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ἄκανθα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκανθα ἀκάνθης

Structure: ἀκανθ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/ I

Sense

  1. A thorny plant
  2. A thorn, spine, or prickle
  3. (figuratively) Something difficult or painful.

Declension

First declension

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

  • καὶ εἶπε Γεδεών. διὰ τοῦτο ἐν τῷ δοῦναι Κύριον τὸν Ζεβεὲ καὶ τὸν Σελμανὰ ἐν χειρί μου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀλοήσω τὰσ σάρκασ ὑμῶν ἐν ταῖσ ἀκάνθαισ τῆσ ἐρήμου καὶ ἐν ταῖσ Βαρκηνίμ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 8:7)
  • καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺσ πρεσβυτέρουσ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐν ταῖσ ἀκάνθαισ τῆσ ἐρήμου καὶ ταῖσ Βαρκηνὶμ καὶ ἠλόησεν ἐν αὐτοῖσ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ τῆσ πόλεωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 8:16)
  • ἐκύκλωσάν με ὡσεὶ μέλισσαι κηρίον καὶ ἐξεκαύθησαν ὡσ πῦρ ἐν ἀκάνθαισ, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου ἠμυνάμην αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 117:12)
  • ὁδοὶ ἀεργῶν ἐστρωμέναι ἀκάνθαισ, αἱ δὲ τῶν ἀνδρείων τετριμμέναι. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 15:20)
  • ἴδε περίφραξον τὸ κτῆμά σου ἀκάνθαισ, τὸ ἀργύριόν σου καὶ τὸ χρυσίον κατάδησον. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 28:24)

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