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ἀλέξανδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλέξανδρος

Structure: ἀλεξανδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)le/cw, a)nh/r

Sense

  1. defending men

Examples

  • καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀλέξανδροσ ἔτη δώδεκα καὶ ἀπέθανε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 1:7)
  • καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τὸ ἐν αὐτῇ πλούσιον σφόδρα, καὶ ἐκεῖ καλύμματα χρυσᾶ καὶ θώρακεσ καὶ ὅπλα, ἃ κατέλιπεν ἐκεῖ Ἀλέξανδροσ ὁ Φιλίππου βασιλεὺσ ὁ Μακεδών, ὃσ ἐβασίλευσε πρῶτοσ ἐν τοῖσ Ἕλλησι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:2)
  • ΚΑΙ ἐν ἔτει ἑξηκοστῷ καὶ ἑκατοστῷ ἀνέβη Ἀλέξανδροσ ὁ τοῦ Ἀντιόχου ὁ Ἐπιφανὴσ καὶ κατελάβετο Πτολεμαί̈δα, καὶ ἐπεδέξαντο αὐτόν, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:1)
  • Καὶ ἤκουσεν Ἀλέξανδροσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ τὰσ ἐπαγγελίασ, ὅσασ ἀπέστειλε Δημήτριοσ τῷ Ἰωνάθαν, καὶ διηγήσαντο αὐτῷ τοὺσ πολέμουσ καὶ τὰσ ἀνδραγαθίασ, ἃσ ἐποίησεν αὐτὸσ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺσ κόπουσ, οὓσ ἔσχον, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:15)
  • «Βασιλεὺσ Ἀλέξανδροσ τῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἰωνάθαν χαίρειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:18)

Synonyms

  1. defending men

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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