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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 ἐλάλησε Μωυσῆσ τὰσ ἑορτὰσ Κυρίου τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 23:44)
  • καὶ μερὶσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὰσ ὁλοκαυτώσεισ τὴν πρωϊνὴν καὶ τὴν δειλινὴν καὶ ὁλοκαυτώσεισ εἰσ τὰ σάββατα καὶ εἰσ τὰσ νουμηνίασ καὶ εἰσ τὰσ ἑορτὰσ τὰσ γεγραμμένασ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 31:3)
  • καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ὁλοκαυτώσεισ ἐνδελεχισμοῦ καὶ εἰσ τὰσ νουμηνίασ καὶ εἰσ πάσασ ἑορτὰσ τῷ Κυρίῳ τὰσ ἡγιασμένασ καὶ παντὶ ἑκουσιαζομένῳ ἑκούσιον τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 3:5)
  • εἰσ ἄρτουσ τοῦ προσώπου καὶ θυσίαν τοῦ ἐνδελεχισμοῦ καὶ εἰσ ὁλοκαύτωμα τοῦ ἐνδελεχισμοῦ τῶν σαββάτων, τῶν νουμηνιῶν, εἰσ τὰσ ἑορτὰσ καὶ εἰσ τὰ ἅγια, καὶ τὰ περὶ ἁμαρτίασ ἐξιλάσασθαι περὶ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ εἰσ ἔργα οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 10:33)
  • καὶ κωλῦσαι ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίαν καὶ σπονδὴν ἐκ τοῦ ἁγιάσματοσ καὶ βεβηλῶσαι σάββατα καὶ ἑορτὰσ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 1:45)

Synonyms

  1. amusement

  2. the Passover

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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