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ἄλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλη ἄλης

Structure: ἀλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. ceaseless wandering
  2. wandering of mind, distraction
  3. such as keep men wandering

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπιθήσετε ἐπὶ τὸ θέμα λίβανον καθαρὸν καὶ ἅλα, καὶ ἔσονται εἰσ ἄρτουσ εἰσ ἀνάμνησιν προκείμενα τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 24:7)
  • θεῖον καὶ ἅλα κατακεκαυμένον, πᾶσα ἡ γῆ αὐτῆσ οὐ σπαρήσεται οὐδὲ ἀνατελεῖ, οὐδὲ μὴ ἀναβῇ ἐπ̓ αὐτὴν πᾶν χλωρόν, ὥσπερ κατεστράφη Σόδομα και Γόμορρα, Ἀδαμὰ καὶ Σεβωί̈μ, ἃσ κατέστρεψε Κύριοσ ἐν θυμῷ καὶ ὀργῇ, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 29:22)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἑλισαιέ. λάβετέ μοι ὑδρίσκην καινὴν καὶ θέτε ἐκεῖ ἅλα. καὶ ἔλαβον καὶ ἤνεγκαν πρὸσ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 2:20)
  • καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ἑλισαιὲ εἰσ τὴν διέξοδον τῶν ὑδάτων καὶ ἔρριψεν ἐκεῖ ἅλα καὶ εἶπε. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ἴαμαι τὰ ὕδατα, οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι ἐκεῖθεν θάνατοσ καὶ ἀτεκνουμένη. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 2:21)
  • ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ πυρὸν καὶ ἅλα καὶ οἶνον καὶ ἔλαιον ἐνδελεχῶσ κατ̓ ἐνιαυτόν, καθὼσ ἂν οἱ ἱερεῖσ οἱ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὑπαγορεύσωσιν ἀναλίσκεσθαι καθ̓ ἡμέραν ἀναμφισβητήτωσ, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 6:29)

Synonyms

  1. ceaseless wandering

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

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