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ἐφημερίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφημερίᾱ ἐφημερίᾱς

Structure: ἐφημερι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. (biblical) the division of priests for the daily service in a temple
  2. (biblical) the service itself

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐφημερίᾱ ἐφημερίᾱ ἐφημερίαι
Genitive ἐφημερίᾱς ἐφημερίαιν ἐφημεριῶν
Dative ἐφημερίᾱͅ ἐφημερίαιν ἐφημερίαις
Accusative ἐφημερίᾱν ἐφημερίᾱ ἐφημερίᾱς
Vocative ἐφημερίᾱ ἐφημερίᾱ ἐφημερίαι

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 ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐξελθεῖν τοὺσ ἱερεῖσ ἐκ τῶν ἁγίων —ὅτι πάντεσ οἱ ἱερεῖσ οἱ εὑρεθέντεσ ἡγιάσθησαν, οὐκ ἦσαν διατεταγμένοι κατ’ ἐφημερίαν, (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 5:11)
  • καὶ οἱ θυρωροὶ ἐφ̓ ἑκάστου πυλῶνοσ. οὐκ ἔστι παραβῆναι ἕκαστον τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐφημερίαν, οἱ γὰρ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν οἱ Λευῖται ἡτοίμασαν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 1:15)
  • καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντεσ τῶν Λευιτῶν Ἀσαβία καὶ Σαραβία καὶ Ἰησοῦ καὶ υἱοὶ Καδμιὴλ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν κατεναντίον αὐτῶν εἰσ ὕμνον αἰνεῖν ἐν ἐντολῇ Δαυὶδ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐφημερία πρὸσ ἐφημερίαν (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 12:20)

Synonyms

  1. the division of priests for the daily service in a temple

    • ἐφημερίς ( division of priests for the daily service in a temple or the service itself)

  2. the service itself

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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