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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 πᾶν δῶρον θυσίασ ὑμῶν ἁλὶ ἁλισθήσεται. οὐ διαπαύσατε ἅλασ διαθήκησ Κυρίου ἀπὸ θυσιασμάτων ὑμῶν, ἐπὶ παντὸσ δώρου ὑμῶν προσοίσετε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ὑμῶν ἅλασ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 2:12)
  • καὶ Ἀβιμέλεχ παρετάσσετο ἐν τῇ πόλει ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην καὶ κατελάβετο τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐν αὐτῇ ἀπέκτεινε καὶ τὴν πόλιν καθεῖλε καὶ ἔσπειρεν αὐτὴν ἅλασ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:45)
  • καὶ ὃ ἂν ὑστέρημα, καὶ υἱοὺσ βοῶν καὶ κριῶν καὶ ἀμνοὺσ εἰσ ὁλοκαυτώσεισ τῷ Θεῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, πυρούσ, ἅλασ, οἶνον, ἔλαιον, κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα ἱερέων τῶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἔστω διδόμενον αὐτοῖσ ἡμέραν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωσιν, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 6:9)
  • ἕωσ ἀργυρίου ταλάντων ἑκατὸν καὶ ἕωσ πυροῦ κόρων ἑκατὸν καὶ ἕωσ οἴνου βατῶν ἑκατὸν καὶ ἕωσ ἐλαίου βατῶν ἑκατὸν καὶ ἅλασ οὗ οὐκ ἔστι γραφή. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 7:22)

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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