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ἀλσώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλσώδης ἀλσώδες

Structure: ἀλσωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)/lsos, ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like a grove

Examples

  • καὶ ἐθυσίαζε καὶ ἐθυμία ἐν τοῖσ ὑψηλοῖσ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βουνῶν καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸσ ξύλου ἀλσώδουσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 16:4)
  • καὶ ἐστήλωσαν ἑαυτοῖσ στήλασ καὶ ἄλση ἐπὶ παντὶ βουνῷ ὑψηλῷ καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸσ ξύλου ἀλσώδουσ (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 17:10)
  • καὶ ἐθυμία ἐπὶ τῶν ὑψηλῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸσ ξύλου ἀλσώδουσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 28:4)
  • Καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρόσ με ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ Ἰωσίου τοῦ βασιλέωσ. εἶδεσ ἃ ἐποίησέ μοι ἡ κατοικία τοῦ Ἰσραήλ̣ ἐπορεύθησαν ἐπὶ πᾶν ὄροσ ὑψηλὸν καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸσ ξύλου ἀλσώδουσ, καὶ ἐπόρνευσαν ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 3:6)
  • πλήν, γνῶθι τὴν ἀδικίαν σου, ὅτι εἰσ Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου ἠσέβησασ καὶ διέχεασ τὰσ ὁδούσ σου εἰσ ἀλλοτρίουσ ὑποκάτω παντὸσ ξύλου ἀλσώδουσ, τῆσ δὲ φωνῆσ μου οὐχ ὑπήκουσασ, λέγει Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 3:13)

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

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