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ἀρχιερωσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρχιερωσύνη

Structure: ἀρχιερωσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. the high-priesthood

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀρχιερωσύνη ἀρχιερωσύνᾱ ἀρχιερωσύναι
Genitive ἀρχιερωσύνης ἀρχιερωσύναιν ἀρχιερωσυνῶν
Dative ἀρχιερωσύνῃ ἀρχιερωσύναιν ἀρχιερωσύναις
Accusative ἀρχιερωσύνην ἀρχιερωσύνᾱ ἀρχιερωσύνᾱς
Vocative ἀρχιερωσύνη ἀρχιερωσύνᾱ ἀρχιερωσύναι

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 ἔστησεν αὐτῷ τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα εἶχε τίμια τὸ πρότερον καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτὸν τῶν πρώτων φίλων ἡγεῖσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 11:27)
  • καὶ ἔγραψεν Ἀντίοχοσ ὁ νεώτεροσ τῷ Ἰωνάθαν λέγων. ἵστημί σοι τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην καὶ καθίστημί σε ἐπὶ τῶν τεσσάρων νομῶν καὶ εἶναί σε τῶν φίλων τοῦ βασιλέωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 11:57)
  • καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺσ Δημήτριοσ ἔστησεν αὐτῷ τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην κατὰ ταῦτα (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 14:38)
  • Μεταλλάξαντοσ δὲ τὸν βίον Σελεύκου καὶ παραλαβόντοσ τὴν βασιλείαν Ἀντιόχου τοῦ προσαγορευθέντοσ Ἐπιφανοῦσ, ὑπενόθευσεν Ἰάσων ὁ ἀδελφὸσ Ὀνίου τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:7)
  • ὁ δὲ συσταθεὶσ τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ δοξάσασ αὐτὸν τῷ προσώπῳ τῆσ ἐξουσίασ, εἰσ ἑαυτὸν κατήντησε τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην, ὑπερβαλὼν τὸν Ἰάσωνα τάλαντα ἀργυρίου τριακόσια. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:24)

Synonyms

  1. the high-priesthood

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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