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ἀκάρδιος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: akardios

Principal Part: ἀκάρδιος

Structure: ἀκαρδι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: καρδία

Sense

  1. wanting the heart

Examples

  • ἱνατί ὑπῆρξε χρήματα ἄφρονι; κτήσασθαι γὰρ σοφίαν ἀκάρδιος οὐ δυνήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 17:17)
  • ὡς τραχεῖά ἐστι σφόδρα τοῖς ἀπαιδεύτοις, καὶ οὐκ ἐμμενεῖ ἐν αὐτῇ ἀκάρδιος. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 6:20)
  • ἀκούσατε δὴ ταῦτα, λαὸς μωρὸς καὶ ἀκάρδιος, ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῖς καὶ οὐ βλέπουσιν, ὦτα αὐτοῖς καὶ οὐκ ἀκούουσι. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 5:21)

Synonyms

  1. wanting the heart

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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