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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 οὗτοι ψαλτῳδοὶ ἄρχοντεσ τῶν πατριῶν τῶν Λευιτῶν, διατεταγμέναι ἐφημερίαι, ὅτι ἡμέρα καὶ νὺξ ἐπ̓ αὐτοῖσ ἐν τοῖσ ἔργοισ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 9:33)
  • τούτοισ αἱ διαιρέσεισ τῶν πυλῶν τοῖσ ἄρχουσι τῶν δυνατῶν, ἐφημερίαι καθὼσ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν λειτουργεῖν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 26:12)
  • καὶ ἰδοὺ αἱ ἐφημερίαι τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν εἰσ πᾶσαν λειτουργίαν οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ μετὰ σοῦ ἐν πάσῃ πραγματείᾳ καὶ πᾶσ πρόθυμοσ ἐν σοφίᾳ κατὰ πᾶσαν τέχνην καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντεσ καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ εἰσ πάντασ τοὺσ λόγουσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 28:21)

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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