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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 ἐκάθισε Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ, καὶ ἐκλήθη αὕτη ἡ πόλισ Δαυίδ. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν αὐτὴν πόλιν κύκλῳ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἄκρασ καὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 5:9)
  • ὥστε ἐπιβαλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ πατάξαι αὐτοὺσ ἄφνω. καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ τῆσ ἄκρασ ἦσαν αὐτῷ ὁδηγοί. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 4:2)
  • Καὶ οἱ ἐκ τῆσ ἄκρασ ἦσαν συγκλείοντεσ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ κύκλῳ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ ζητοῦντεσ τὰ κακὰ δἰ ὅλου καὶ στήριγμα τοῖσ ἔθνεσι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:18)
  • καὶ ἀπῇρεν Ἰούδασ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἄκρασ καὶ παρενέβαλεν εἰσ Βαιθζαχαρία ἀπέναντι τῆσ παρεμβολῆσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:32)
  • καὶ ἦλθεν Ἰωνάθαν εἰσ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἀνέγνω τὰσ ἐπιστολὰσ εἰσ τὰ ὦτα παντὸσ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τῶν ἐκ τῆσ ἄκρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:7)

Synonyms

  1. pointed

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