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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 τὸν λαὸν κατεδουλώσατο αὐτῷ εἰσ παῖδασ ἀπ̓ ἄκρων ὁρίων Αἰγύπτου ἕωσ τῶν ἄκρων, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 47:21)
  • 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)
  • καὶ προσέθετο Κύριοσ δηλωθῆναι ἐν Σηλώμ, ὅτι ἀπεκαλύφθη Κύριοσ πρὸσ Σαμουήλ. καὶ ἐπιστεύθη Σαμουὴλ τοῦ προφήτησ γενέσθαι τῷ Κυρίῳ εἰσ πάντα Ἰσραὴλ ἀπ̓ ἄκρων τῆσ γῆσ καὶ ἕωσ ἄκρων. καὶ Ἡλὶ πρεσβύτησ σφόδρα, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ πορευόμενοι ἐπορεύοντο καὶ πονηρὰ ἡ ὁδὸσ αὐτῶν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 3:21)

Synonyms

  1. pointed

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