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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 ᾠκοδόμησε Μωυσῆσ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίῳ καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Κύριοσ καταφυγή μου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 17:15)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • ἐὰν δέ τισ ἐπιθῆται τῷ πλησίον ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτὸν δόλῳ καὶ καταφύγῃ, ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου μου λήψῃ αὐτὸν θανατῶσαι. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 21:14)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο Κύριοσ καταφυγὴ τῷ πένητι, βοηθὸσ ἐν εὐκαιρίαισ ἐν θλίψεσι. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 9:10)

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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