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ἀπαρχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπαρχή

Structure: ἀπαρχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from a)pa/rxomai

Sense

  1. the beginning of a sacrifice, the primal offering
  2. the firstlings, first-fruits

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀπαρχή ἀπαρχᾱ́ ἀπαρχαί
Genitive ἀπαρχῆς ἀπαρχαῖν ἀπαρχῶν
Dative ἀπαρχῇ ἀπαρχαῖν ἀπαρχαῖς
Accusative ἀπαρχήν ἀπαρχᾱ́ ἀπαρχᾱ́ς
Vocative ἀπαρχή ἀπαρχᾱ́ ἀπαρχαί

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

  • ἀπαρχὰσ ἅλωνοσ καὶ ληνοῦ σου οὐ καθυστερήσεισ. τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν υἱῶν σου δώσεισ ἐμοί. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 22:29)
  • τὰσ ἀπαρχὰσ τῶν πρωτογεννημάτων τῆσ γῆσ σου εἰσοίσεισ εἰσ τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου. οὐχ ἑψήσεισ ἄρνα ἐν γάλακτι μητρὸσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 23:19)
  • εἰπὸν τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ λάβετε ἀπαρχὰσ παρὰ πάντων, οἷσ ἂν δόξῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ λήψεσθε τὰσ ἀπαρχάσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:2)
  • λάβετε παῤ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ἀφαίρεμα Κυρίῳ. πᾶσ ὁ καταδεχόμενοσ τῇ καρδίᾳ οἴσουσι τὰσ ἀπαρχὰσ Κυρίῳ, χρυσίον, ἀργύριον, χαλκόν, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 35:5)

Synonyms

  1. the beginning of a sacrifice

  2. the firstlings

Similar forms

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

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