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καταφυγή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταφυγή

Structure: καταφυγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a refuge, place of refuge, refuge from
  2. a way of escape, excuse

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καταφυγή καταφυγᾱ́ καταφυγαί
Genitive καταφυγῆς καταφυγαῖν καταφυγῶν
Dative καταφυγῇ καταφυγαῖν καταφυγαῖς
Accusative καταφυγήν καταφυγᾱ́ καταφυγᾱ́ς
Vocative καταφυγή καταφυγᾱ́ καταφυγαί

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 ᾠκοδόμησε Μωυσῆσ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίῳ καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Κύριοσ καταφυγή μου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 17:15)
  • στόχασαί σοι τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ τριμεριεῖσ τὰ ὅρια τῆσ γῆσ σου, ἣν καταμερίζει σοι Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου, καὶ ἔσται ἐκεῖ καταφυγὴ παντὶ φονευτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 19:3)
  • ὁ Θεόσ μου φύλαξ μου ἔσται μοι, πεποιθὼσ ἔσομαι ἐπ’ αὐτῷ, ὑπερασπιστήσ μου καὶ κέρασ σωτηρίασ μου, ἀντιλήπτωρ μου καὶ καταφυγή μου σωτηρίασ μου, ἐξ ἀδίκου σώσεισ με. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 22:3)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο Κύριοσ καταφυγὴ τῷ πένητι, βοηθὸσ ἐν εὐκαιρίαισ ἐν θλίψεσι. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 9:10)
  • Κύριοσ στερέωμά μου καὶ καταφυγή μου καὶ ρύστησ μου. Ὁ Θεόσ μου βοηθόσ μου, ἐλπιῶ ἐπ̓ αὐτόν, ὑπερασπιστήσ μου καὶ κέρασ σωτηρίασ μου καὶ ἀντιλήπτωρ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 17:3)
  • ἐὰν δέ τισ ἐπιθῆται τῷ πλησίον ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτὸν δόλῳ καὶ καταφύγῃ, ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου μου λήψῃ αὐτὸν θανατῶσαι. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 21:14)

Synonyms

  1. a refuge

  2. a way of escape

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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