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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 γίνου ἕτοιμοσ εἰσ τὸ πρωί̈ καὶ ἀναβήσῃ ἐπὶ τὸ ὄροσ τὸ Σινὰ καὶ στήσει μοι ἐκεῖ ἐπ̓ ἄκρου τοῦ ὄρουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 34:2)
  • καὶ ἐποίησαν δύο δακτυλίουσ χρυσοῦσ καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὰ δύο πτερύγια ἐπ̓ ἄκρου τοῦ λογείου καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ὀπισθίου τῆσ ἐπωμίδοσ ἔσωθεν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 36:27)
  • καὶ τὰ λαμπάδια αὐτῶν, ἅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῶν ἄκρων, καρυωτὰ ἐξ αὐτῶν. καὶ τὰ ἐνθέμια ἐξ αὐτῶν, ἵνα ὦσιν οἱ λύχνοι ἐπ̓ αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ ἐνθέμιον τὸ ἕβδομον, τὸ ἐπ̓ ἄκρου τοῦ λαμπαδίου, ἐπὶ τῆσ κορυφῆσ ἄνωθεν, στερεὸν ὅλον χρυσοῦν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 38:16)
  • ἐπερωτήσατε ἡμέρασ προτέρασ τὰσ γενομένασ προτέρασ σου ἀπὸ τῆσ ἡμέρασ, ἧσ ἔκτισεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἄνθρωπον ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἕωσ τοῦ ἄκρου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, εἰ γέγονε κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα τὸ μέγα τοῦτο, εἰ ἤκουσται τοιοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:32)
  • ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν περικύκλῳ ὑμῶν, τῶν ἐγγιζόντων σοι ἢ τῶν μακρὰν ἀπὸ σοῦ, ἀπ̓ ἄκρου τῆσ γῆσ ἕωσ ἄκρου τῆσ γῆσ, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 13:8)

Synonyms

  1. pointed

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