Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐγχώριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγχώριος ἐγχώριον

Structure: ἐγχωρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xw/ra

Sense

  1. in or of the country
  2. a dweller in, inhabitant
  3. according to the custom of the country

Examples

  • νόμοσ εἷσ ἔσται τῷ ἐγχωρίῳ καὶ τῷ προσελθόντι προσηλύτῳ ἐν ὑμῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:49)
  • δικαίωσισ μία ἔσται τῷ προσηλύτῳ καὶ τῷ ἐγχωρίῳ, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 24:22)
  • τῷ ἐγχωρίῳ ἐν υἱοῖσ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τῷ προσηλύτῳ τῷ προσκειμένῳ ἐν αὐτοῖσ νόμοσ εἷσ ἔσται αὐτοῖσ, ὃσ ἐὰν ποιήσῃ ἀκουσίωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 15:29)
  • τί δὲ τὸν ναὸν αἵματι ξένῳ καὶ ἐγχωρίῳ φύρετε; (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 140:3)

Synonyms

  1. in or of the country

  2. a dweller in

  3. according to the custom of the country

Related

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

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