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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

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 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)
  • "νήπιοι ἀγροιῶται, ἐφημέρια φρονέοντεσ, ἆ δειλώ, τί νυ δάκρυ κατείβετον ἠδὲ γυναικὶ θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ὀρίνετον; (Homer, Odyssey, Book 21 7:1)

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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