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κῦρος?

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: kȳros

Principal Part: κῦρος κῦρεος

Structure: κυρο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. supreme power, authority

Declension

Third 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

  • τάδε λέγει Κῦρος βασιλεὺς Περσῶν πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις τῆς γῆς. ἔδωκέ μοι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατό μοι οἰκοδομῆσαι οἶκον αὐτῷ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ. τίς ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐκ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ; ἔσται Θεὸς αὐτοῦ μετ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναβήτω. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 36:31)
  • τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεὺς Περσῶν Κῦρος. ἐμὲ ἀνέδειξε βασιλέα τῆς οἰκουμένης ὁ Κύριος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Κύριος ὁ Ὕψιστος. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:3)
  • καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Κῦρος ἐξήνεγκε τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ Κυρίου, ἃ μετήνεγκε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐξ Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἀπηρείσατο αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ εἰδωλείῳ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:9)
  • ἐξενέγκας δὲ αὐτὰ Κῦρος ὁ βασιλεὺς Περσῶν παρέδωκεν αὐτὰ Μιθραδάτῃ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ γαζοφύλακι. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:10)
  • καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ ληφθέντα ἐξ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐκπέμψαι, ἃ ἐχώρισε Κῦρος, ὅτε ηὔξατο ἐκκόψαι Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ηὔξατο ἐξαποστεῖλαι ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:44)

Synonyms

  1. supreme power

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

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