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δωδεκάφυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δωδεκάφυλος δωδεκάφυλον

Structure: δωδεκαφυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fulh/

Sense

  1. of twelve tribes, the twelve tribes

Examples

  • καὶ νῦν ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι τῆσ εἰσ τοὺσ πατέρασ ἡμῶν ἐπαγγελίασ γενομένησ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἕστηκα κρινόμενοσ, εἰσ ἣν τὸ δωδεκάφυλον ἡμῶν ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν λατρεῦον ἐλπίζει καταντῆσαι· (, chapter 19 260:1)

Synonyms

  1. of twelve tribes

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

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