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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

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

  • εἶπον τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐρεῖσ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. ὅταν εἰσέλθητε εἰσ τὴν γῆν, ἣν ἐγὼ δίδωμι ὑμῖν, καὶ θερίζητε τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτῆσ, καὶ οἴσετε τὸ δράγμα ἀπαρχὴν τοῦ θερισμοῦ ὑμῶν πρὸσ τὸν ἱερέα. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 23:10)
  • καὶ ἔσται ὅταν ἔσθητε ὑμεῖσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄρτων τῆσ γῆσ, ἀφελεῖτε ἀφαίρεμα ἀφόρισμα Κυρίῳ. ἀπαρχὴν φυράματοσ ὑμῶν (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 15:19)
  • ἀπαρχὴν φυράματοσ ὑμῶν, καὶ δώσετε Κυρίῳ ἀφαίρεμα εἰσ τὰσ γενεὰσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 15:21)
  • καὶ ἐρεῖσ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. ὅταν ἀφαιρῆτε τὴν ἀπαρχὴν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ λογισθήσεται τοῖσ Λευίταισ ὡσ γένημα ἀπὸ ἅλω καὶ ὡσ γένημα ἀπὸ ληνοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 18:30)
  • καὶ οὐ λήψεσθε δι’ αὐτὸ ἁμαρτίαν, ὅτι ἂν ἀφαιρῆτε τὴν ἀπαρχὴν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ. καὶ τὰ ἅγια τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐ βεβηλώσετε, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνητε. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 18:32)

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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