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ἑορτή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑορτή ἑορτῆς

Structure: ἑορτ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. feast, festival, holiday
  2. amusement, pastime
  3. (with or without τοῦ πάσχα) the Passover

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 ἄνθρωποσ ὃσ ἂν προσενέγκῃ θυσίαν σωτηρίου τῷ Κυρίῳ διαστείλασ εὐχὴν ἢ κατὰ αἵρεσιν ἢ ἐν ταῖσ ἑορταῖσ ὑμῶν, ἐκ τῶν βουκολίων ἢ ἐκ τῶν προβάτων ἄμωμον ἔσται εἰσδεκτόν, πᾶσ μῶμοσ οὐκ ἔσται ἐν αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 22:21)
  • καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ τῆσ εὐφροσύνησ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἑορταῖσ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν ταῖσ νουμηνίαισ ὑμῶν σαλπιεῖτε ταῖσ σάλπιγξιν ἐπὶ τοῖσ ὁλοκαυτώμασι καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖσ θυσίαισ τῶν σωτηρίων ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν ἀνάμνησισ ἔναντι τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν. ἐγὼ Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 10:10)
  • καὶ ποιήσεισ ὁλοκαυτώματα Κυρίῳ, ὁλοκάρπωμα ἢ θυσίαν, μεγαλῦναι εὐχὴν ἢ καθ’ ἑκούσιον ἢ ἐν ταῖσ ἑορταῖσ ὑμῶν ποιῆσαι ὀσμὴν εὐωδίασ τῷ Κυρίῳ, εἰ μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν βοῶν ἢ ἀπό τῶν προβάτων, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 15:3)
  • ἔντειλαι τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐρεῖσ πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ λέγων. τὰ δῶρά μου δόματά μου καρπώματά μου εἰσ ὀσμὴν εὐωδίασ διατηρήσετε προσφέρειν ἐμοὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἑορταῖσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 28:2)
  • Ταῦτα ποιήσετε Κυρίῳ ἐν ταῖσ ἑορταῖσ ὑμῶν, πλὴν τῶν εὐχῶν ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰ ἑκούσια ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα ὑμῶν καὶ τὰσ θυσίασ ὑμῶν καὶ τὰσ σπονδὰσ ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ σωτήρια ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 29:39)

Synonyms

  1. amusement

  2. the Passover

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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