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ἱκανός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱκανός ἱκανή ἱκανόν

Structure: ἱκαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i(/kw, i(ka/nw

Sense

  1. becoming, befitting, sufficient, (of persons) competent, strong or skillful enough
  2. (of things) adequate, enough, considerable
  3. satisfactory

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἠδυνάσθησαν ποιῆσαι αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ὅτι οἱ ἱερεῖσ οὐχ ἡγνίσθησαν ἱκανοί, καὶ ὁ λαὸσ οὐ συνήχθη εἰσ Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 30:3)
  • οἱ δὲ ἐκ τῆσ ἄκρασ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐκωλύοντο ἐκπορεύεσθαι καὶ εἰσπορεύεσθαι εἰσ τὴν χώραν καὶ ἀγοράζειν καὶ πωλεῖν καὶ ἐπείνασαν σφόδρα, καὶ ἀπώλοντο ἐξ αὐτῶν ἱκανοὶ τῇ λιμῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 13:49)
  • νῦν δὲ γεγήρακα, καὶ ὑμεῖσ δὲ ἐν τῶ ἐλέει ἱκανοί ἐστε ἐν τοῖσ ἔτεσι. γίνεσθε ἀντ̓ ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου καὶ ἐξελθόντεσ ὑπερμαχεῖτε ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἔθνουσ ἡμῶν, ἡ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ βοήθεια ἔστω μεθ̓ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 16:3)
  • ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ πάντεσ ἐν ἑνὶ ὀνόματι θανάτου νεκροὺσ εἶχον ἀναριθμήτουσ. οὐδὲ γὰρ πρὸσ τὸ θάψαι οἱ ζῶντεσ ἦσαν ἱκανοί, ἐπεὶ πρὸσ μίαν ροπὴν ἡ ἐντιμοτέρα γένεσισ αὐτῶν διέφθαρτο. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 18:12)
  • οὐ ταῦτά ἐστι παρὰ Κυρίου παντοκράτοροσ̣ καὶ ἐξέλιπον λαοὶ ἱκανοὶ ἐν πυρί, καὶ ἔθνη πολλὰ ὠλιγοψύχησαν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 2:13)

Synonyms

  1. satisfactory

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