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ἥλιος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἥλιος ἡλίου

Structure: ἡλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. sun
  2. east
  3. day
  4. sunshine

Declension

Second 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 ἐλθόντεσ λατρεύσωσι θεοῖσ ἑτέροισ καὶ προσκυνήσωσιν αὐτοῖσ, τῷ ἡλίῳ ἢ τῇ σελήνῃ ἢ παντὶ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἃ οὐ προσέξατέ σοι, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 17:3)
  • καὶ κατέκαυσε τοὺσ χωμαρίμ, οὓσ ἔδωκαν βασιλεῖσ Ἰούδα καὶ ἐθυμίων ἐν τοῖσ ὑψηλοῖσ καὶ ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσιν Ἰούδα καὶ τοῖσ περικύκλῳ Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ τοὺσ θυμιῶντασ τῷ Βάαλ καὶ τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ τῇ σελήνῃ καὶ τοῖσ μαζουρὼθ καὶ πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 23:5)
  • καὶ κατέκαυσε τοὺσ ἵππουσ, οὓσ ἔδωκαν βασιλεῖσ Ἰούδα τῷ ἡλίῳ ἐν τῇ εἰσόδῳ οἴκου Κυρίου εἰσ τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον Νάθαν βασιλέωσ τοῦ εὐνούχου ἐν φαρουρίμ, καὶ τὸ ἅρμα τοῦ ἡλίου κατέκαυσε πυρί. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 23:11)
  • καὶ εἶπα αὐτοῖσ. οὐκ ἀνοιγήσονται πύλαι Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἕωσ ἅμα τῷ ἡλίῳ, καὶ ἔτι αὐτῶν γρηγορούντων κλειέσθωσαν αἱ θύραι καὶ σφηνούσθωσαν. καὶ στῆσον προφύλακασ οἰκούντων ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἀνὴρ ἐν προφυλακῇ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνὴρ ἀπέναντι οἰκίασ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 7:3)
  • ἐν τῷ ἡλίῳ ἔθετο τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ. καὶ αὐτὸσ ὡσ νυμφίοσ ἐκπορευόμενοσ ἐκ παστοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἀγαλλιάσεται ὡσ γίγασ δραμεῖν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 18:6)

Synonyms

  1. sun

  2. east

  3. day

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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