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λίθος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λίθος λίθου

Structure: λιθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a stone
  2. stone as a substance

Declension

Second 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

  • τὸ δὲ χρυσίον τῆσ γῆσ ἐκείνησ καλόν. καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθραξ καὶ ὁ λίθοσ ὁ πράσινοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:12)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ἄνθρωποσ τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ. δεῦτε πλινθεύσωμεν πλίνθουσ καὶ ὀπτήσωμεν αὐτὰσ πυρί. καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖσ ἡ πλίνθοσ εἰσ λίθον, καὶ ἄσφαλτοσ ἦν αὐτοῖσ ὁ πηλόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:3)
  • καὶ ἀπήντησε τόπῳ καὶ ἐκοιμήθῃ ἐκεῖ. ἔδυ γὰρ ὁ ἥλιοσ. καὶ ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ τῶν λίθων τοῦ τόπου, καὶ ἔθηκε πρὸσ κεφαλῆσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἐκείνῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 28:11)
  • καὶ ἀνέστη Ἰακὼβ τὸ πρωί̈ καὶ ἔλαβε τὸν λίθον, ὃν ὑπέθηκεν ἐκεῖ πρὸσ κεφαλῆσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν στήλην καὶ ἐπέχεεν ἔλαιον ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 28:18)
  • καὶ ὁ λίθοσ οὗτοσ, ὃν ἔστησα στήλην, ἔσται μοι οἶκοσ Θεοῦ, καὶ πάντων, ὧν ἐάν μοι δῷσ, δεκάτην ἀποδεκατώσω αὐτά σοι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 28:22)
  • καὶ ὁρᾷ καὶ ἰδοὺ φρέαρ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἦσαν δὲ ἐκεῖ τρία ποίμνια προβάτων ἀναπαυόμενα ἐπ̓ αὐτοῦ. ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ φρέατοσ ἐκείνου ἐπότιζον τὰ ποίμνια, λίθοσ δὲ ἦν μέγασ ἐπὶ τῷ στόματι τοῦ φρέατοσ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:2)
  • πόντῳ ἐκάλυψεν αὐτούσ, κατέδυσαν εἰσ βυθὸν ὡσεὶ λίθοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 15:5)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦσ πρὸσ τὸν λαόν. ἰδοὺ ὁ λίθοσ οὗτοσ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσ μαρτύριον, ὅτι αὐτὸσ ἀκήκοε πάντα τὰ λεχθέντα αὐτῷ ὑπὸ Κυρίου, ὅ,τι ἐλάλησε πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ σήμερον. καὶ οὗτοσ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσ μαρτύριον ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν, ἡνίκα ἂν ψεύσησθε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 24:27)

Synonyms

  1. a stone

  2. stone as a substance

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