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ἔδαφος

Second declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔδαφος

Etym.: prob. from same Root as o)do/s, ou)=das

Sense

  1. the bottom, foundation, base, the bottom, hold
  2. the ground-floor, pavement, ground
  3. ground, soil, land

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ ἔδαφοσ τοῦ οἴκου περιέσχε χρυσίῳ, τοῦ ἐσωτάτου καὶ τοῦ ἐξωτάτου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 6:29)
  • ὅτε δὲ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ τῆσ ὁδοῦ, ἧσ διέθετο αὐτοῖσ, ἐξωλοθρεύθησαν ἐν πολλοῖσ πολέμοισ ἐπὶ πολὺ σφόδρα καὶ ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν εἰσ γῆν οὐκ ἰδίαν, καὶ ὁ ναὸσ τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτῶν ἐγενήθη εἰσ ἔδαφοσ, καὶ οἱ πόλεισ αὐτῶν ἐκρατήθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν ὑπεναντίων. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 5:18)
  • εἶπεν ἐμπρήσειν τὰ ὅριά μου καὶ τοὺσ νεανίσκουσ μου ἀνελεῖν ἐν ρομφαίᾳ καὶ τὰ θηλάζοντά μου θήσειν εἰσ ἔδαφοσ καὶ τὰ νήπιά μου δώσειν εἰσ προνομὴν καὶ τὰσ παρθένουσ μου σκυλεῦσαι. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 16:4)
  • δοκεῖν γὰρ ἦν μὴ μόνον τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ τείχη καὶ τὸ πᾶν ἔδαφοσ ἠχεῖν, ἅτε δὴ τῶν πάντων τότε θάνατον ἀλλασσομένων ἀντὶ τῆσ τοῦ τόπου βεβηλώσεωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 1:29)
  • καὶ ταπεινωθήσονται εἰσ τὴν γῆν οἱ λόγοι σου, καὶ εἰσ τὴν γῆν οἱ λόγοι σου δύσονται. καὶ ἔσται ὡσ οἱ φωνοῦντεσ ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ ἡ φωνή σου, καὶ πρὸσ τὸ ἔδαφοσ ἡ φωνή σου ἀσθενήσει. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 29:4)

Synonyms

  1. the bottom

  2. the ground-floor

  3. ground

Related

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

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