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γυνή

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γυνή γυναικός

Structure: γυνη (Stem)

Etym.: Prob. from same Root as gi/gnomai.

Sense

  1. woman, female
  2. wife

Declension

Third 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 εἶπε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῆσ. μὴ βαρέωσ φέρε, κύριε. οὐ δύναμαι ἀναστῆναι ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅτι τὰ κατ̓ ἐθισμὸν τῶν γυναικῶν μοι ἐστίν. ἠρεύνησε δὲ Λάβαν ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ καὶ οὐχ εὗρε τὰ εἴδωλα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:35)
  • αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεισ Ἰακώβ. Ἰωσὴφ δὲ δέκα καὶ ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ἦν, ποιμαίνων τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ, ὢν νέοσ, μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Βαλλᾶσ καὶ μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ζελφᾶσ τῶν γυναικῶν τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ. κατήνεγκαν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ψόγον πονηρὸν πρὸσ Ἰσραὴλ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 37:2)
  • πᾶσαι δέ αἱ ψυχαὶ αἱ εἰσελθοῦσαι μετὰ Ἰακὼβ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον, οἱ ἐξελθόντεσ ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν αὐτοῦ, χωρὶσ τῶν γυναικῶν υἱῶν Ἰακώβ, πᾶσαι ψυχαὶ ἑξηκονταέξ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:26)
  • καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖσ Ἀαρών. περιέλεσθε τὰ ἐνώτια τὰ χρυσὰ τὰ ἐκ τοῖσ ὠσὶ τῶν γυναικῶν ὑμῶν καὶ θυγατέρων καὶ ἐνέγκατε πρόσ με. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 32:2)
  • καὶ ἤνεγκαν οἱ ἄνδρεσ παρὰ τῶν γυναικῶν, πᾶσ ᾧ ἔδοξε τῇ διανοίᾳ, ἤνεγκαν σφραγῖδασ καὶ ἐνώτια καὶ δακτυλίουσ καὶ ἐμπλόκια καὶ περιδέξια, πᾶν σκεῦοσ χρυσοῦν, καὶ πάντεσ ὅσοι ἤνεγκαν ἀφαιρέματα χρυσίου Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 35:22)

Synonyms

  1. woman

  2. wife

Similar forms

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