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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

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 εὕρῃ αὐτὸν ὁ ἀγχιστεύων τὸ αἷμα ἔξω τῶν ὁρίων τῆσ πόλεωσ καταφυγῆσ αὐτοῦ καὶ φονεύσῃ ὁ ἀγχιστεύων τὸ αἷμα τὸν φονεύσαντα, οὐκ ἔνοχόσ ἐστιν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 35:27)
  • ἐν γὰρ τῇ πόλει τῆσ καταφυγῆσ κατοικείτω, ἕωσ ἂν ἀποθάνῃ ὁ ἱερεὺσ ὁ μέγασ, καὶ μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν ἱερέα τὸν μέγαν ἐπαναστραφήσεται ὁ φονεύσασ εἰσ τὴν γῆν τῆσ κατασχέσεωσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 35:28)
  • κλῖνον πρόσ με τὸ οὖσ σου, τάχυνον τοῦ ἐξελέσθαι με. γενοῦ μοι εἰσ Θεὸν ὑπερασπιστὴν καὶ εἰσ οἶκον καταφυγῆσ τοῦ σῶσαί με. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 30:3)
  • καὶ τὸ ὕψοσ τῆσ καταφυγῆσ τοῦ τοίχου ταπεινώσει, καὶ καταβήσεται ἕωσ τοῦ ἐδάφουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 25:12)
  • οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Ἀλκέταν τῆσ μὲν ἐπὶ τοὺσ πεζοὺσ καταφυγῆσ ἀποκεκλεισμένοι, τῷ δὲ πλήθει τῶν πολεμίων εἰσ μέσον ἀπειλημμένοι πρόδηλον εἶχον τὴν ἀπώλειαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 44 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. a refuge

  2. a way of escape

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

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