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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

  • καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀπαρχή, ἣν λήψεσθε παῤ αὐτῶν. χρυσίον καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ χαλκὸν (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:3)
  • καὶ πᾶσα ἀπαρχὴ κατὰ πάντα τὰ ἁγιαζόμενα ἐν υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ, ὅσα ἐὰν προσφέρωσι Κυρίῳ, τῷ ἱερεῖ αὐτῷ ἔσται. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 5:9)
  • καὶ τοῦτο ἔσται ὑμῖν ἀπαρχὴ δομάτων αὐτῶν. ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐπιθεμάτων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ σοὶ δέδωκα αὐτὰ καὶ τοῖσ υἱοῖσ σου καὶ ταῖσ θυγατράσι σου μετὰ σοῦ, νόμιμον αἰώνιον. πᾶσ καθαρὸσ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου ἔδεται αὐτά. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 18:11)
  • πᾶσα ἀπαρχὴ ἐλαίου καὶ πᾶσα ἀπαρχὴ οἴνου καὶ σίτου, ἀπαρχὴ αὐτῶν, ὅσα ἂν δῶσι τῷ Κυρίῳ, σοὶ δέδωκα αὐτά. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 18:12)

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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