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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 ἀνέστη Ἰακὼβ τὸ πρωί̈ καὶ ἔλαβε τὸν λίθον, ὃν ὑπέθηκεν ἐκεῖ πρὸσ κεφαλῆσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν στήλην καὶ ἐπέχεεν ἔλαιον ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 28:18)
  • εἶπε δέ. ὄμοσόν μοι. καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ. καὶ προσεκύνησεν Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆσ ράβδου αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 47:31)
  • 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 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)

Synonyms

  1. pointed

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