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ἐξαίφνης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξαίφνης ἐξαίφνες

Structure: ἐξαιφνη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)/fnw

Sense

  1. on a sudden, the moment he is dead

Examples

  • τοῖσ δὲ Ἰουδαίοισ ἀνήκεστον πένθοσ ἦν καὶ πανόδυρτοσ μετὰ δακρύων βοή, στεναγμοῖσ πεπυρωμένησ τῆσ αὐτῶν πάντοθεν καρδίασ, ὀλοφυρομένων τὴν ἀπροσδόκητον ἐξαίφνησ ἐπικριθεῖσαν αὐτοῖσ ὀλεθρίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 4:2)
  • ἐξαίφνησ πνεῦμα μέγα ἐπῆλθεν ἐκ τῆσ ἐρήμου καὶ ἥψατο τῶν τεσσάρων γωνιῶν τῆσ οἰκίασ, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἡ οἰκία ἐπὶ τὰ παιδία σου, καὶ ἐτελεύτησαν. ἐσώθην δὲ ἐγὼ μόνοσ καὶ ἦλθον τοῦ ἀπαγγεῖλαί σοι. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 1:19)
  • ἐξαίφνησ γὰρ τίσονται τοὺσ ἀσεβεῖσ, τὰσ δὲ τιμωρίασ ἀμφοτέρων τίσ γνώσεται̣ . (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:22)
  • διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ λογίζομαι ἐπὶ τὴν φυλὴν ταύτην κακά, ἐξ ὧν οὐ μὴ ἄρητε τοὺσ τραχήλουσ ὑμῶν καὶ οὐ μὴ πορευθῆτε ὀρθοὶ ἐξαίφνησ, ὅτι καιρὸσ πονηρόσ ἐστιν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Michaeae 2:3)
  • ὅτι ἐξαίφνησ ἀναστήσονται δάκνοντεσ αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκνήψουσιν οἱ ἐπίβουλοί σου, καὶ ἔσῃ εἰσ διαρπαγὴν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 2:7)

Synonyms

  1. on a sudden

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

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