Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀρά

First declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρά

Etym.: a_r- mostly in epic: in attic always ar-.

Sense

  1. a prayer
  2. a prayer for evil, a curse, imprecation
  3. the effect of the curse, bane, ruin

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπε. κύριε, εἰ ἄρα εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον σου, μὴ παρέλθῃσ τὸν παῖδά σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:3)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Ἁβραάμ. τί ὅτι ἐγέλασε Σάρρα ἐν ἑαυτῇ, λέγουσα. ἆρά γε ἀληθῶσ τέξομαι̣ ἐγὼ δὲ γεγήρακα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:13)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἁβραάμ. εἶπα γάρ, ἄρα οὐκ ἔστι θεοσέβεια ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ, ἐμέ τε ἀποκτενοῦσιν ἕνεκεν τῆσ γυναικόσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:11)
  • ἐκάλεσε δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. ἆρά γε γυνή σου ἐστί̣ τί ὅτι εἶπασ, ἀδελφή μου ἐστίν̣ εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰσαάκ. εἶπα γάρ, μήποτε ἀποθάνω δἰ αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:9)
  • οἱ δὲ εἶπαν. ἰδόντεσ ἑωράκαμεν, ὅτι ἦν Κύριοσ μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ εἴπαμεν. γενέσθω ἀρὰ ἀνὰ μέσον ἡμῶν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον σοῦ, καὶ διαθησόμεθα μετὰ σοῦ διαθήκην, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:28)

Synonyms

  1. a prayer

  2. a prayer for evil

  3. the effect of the curse

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

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