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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἑορτή ἑορτᾱ́ ἑορταί
Genitive ἑορτῆς ἑορταῖν ἑορτῶν
Dative ἑορτῇ ἑορταῖν ἑορταῖς
Accusative ἑορτήν ἑορτᾱ́ ἑορτᾱ́ς
Vocative ἑορτή ἑορτᾱ́ ἑορταί

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 λέγει Μωυσῆσ. σὺν τοῖσ νεανίσκοισ καὶ πρεσβυτέροισ πορευσόμεθα, σὺν τοῖσ υἱοῖσ καὶ θυγατράσι καὶ προβάτοισ καὶ βουσὶν ἡμῶν. ἔστι γὰρ ἑορτὴ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:9)
  • ἓξ ἡμέρασ ἔδεσθε ἄζυμα, τῇ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἑορτὴ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 13:6)
  • καὶ ἐν τῇ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ μηνὸσ τούτου ἑορτὴ τῶν ἀζύμων τῷ Κυρίῳ. ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ ἄζυμα ἔδεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 23:6)
  • λάλησον τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ, λέγων. τῇ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸσ τοῦ ἑβδόμου τούτου ἑορτὴ σκηνῶν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 23:34)
  • καὶ τῇ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ μηνὸσ τούτου ἑορτή. ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ ἄζυμα ἔδεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 28:17)

Synonyms

  1. amusement

  2. the Passover

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