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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 ἔσται ἡ ἡμέρα ὑμῖν αὕτη μνημόσυνον. καὶ ἑορτάσετε αὐτὴν ἑορτὴν Κυρίῳ εἰσ πάσασ τὰσ γενεὰσ ὑμῶν. νόμιμον αἰώνιον ἑορτάσετε αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:14)
  • τὴν ἑορτὴν τῶν ἀζύμων φυλάξασθε ποιεῖν. ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ ἔδεσθε ἄζυμα, καθάπερ ἐνετειλάμην σοι, κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ μηνὸσ τῶν νέων. ἐν γὰρ αὐτῷ ἐξῆλθεσ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, οὐκ ὀφθήσῃ ἐνώπιόν μου κενόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 23:15)
  • καὶ ἑορτὴν θερισμοῦ πρωτογεννημάτων ποιήσεισ τῶν ἔργων σου, ὧν ἐὰν σπείρῃσ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ σου, καὶ ἑορτὴν συντελείασ ἐπ̓ ἐξόδου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ τῶν ἔργων σου τῶν ἐκ τοῦ ἀγροῦ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 23:16)
  • καὶ ἰδὼν Ἀαρὼν ᾠκοδόμησε θυσιαστήριον κατέναντι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκήρυξεν Ἀαρὼν λέγων. ἑορτὴν τοῦ Κυρίου αὔριον. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 32:5)

Synonyms

  1. amusement

  2. the Passover

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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