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ἄκρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκρος ἄκρᾱ ἄκρον

Structure: ἀκρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/ I

Sense

  1. At the edge, extreme, beginning, end: outermost (especially of the top)
  2. pointed, sharp
  3. Being the most of any characteristic: best, oldest, first

Examples

  • καὶ σφάξεισ αὐτόν, καὶ λήψῃ τοῦ αἵματοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιθήσεισ ἐπὶ τὸν λοβὸν τοῦ ὠτὸσ Ἀαρὼν τοῦ δεξιοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆσ δεξιᾶσ χειρὸσ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ποδὸσ τοῦ δεξιοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ λοβοὺσ τῶν ὤτων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῶν τῶν δεξιῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 29:20)
  • καὶ προσήγαγε Μωυσῆσ τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἀαρών, καὶ ἐπέθηκε Μωυσῆσ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματοσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ λοβοὺσ τῶν ὤτων τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῶν τῶν δεξιῶν, καὶ προσέχεε Μωυσῆσ τὸ αἷμα ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον κύκλῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 8:24)
  • ὅτι πλὴν Ὢγ βασιλεὺσ Βασὰν κατελείφθη ἀπὸ τῶν Ραφαί̈ν. ἰδοὺ ἡ κλίνη αὐτοῦ κλίνη σιδηρᾶ, ἰδοὺ αὕτη ἐν τῇ ἄκρᾳ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀμμάν, ἐννέα πήχεων τὸ μῆκοσ αὐτῆσ καὶ τεσσάρων πήχεων τὸ εὖροσ αὐτῆσ ἐν πήχει ἀνδρόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:10)

Synonyms

  1. pointed

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