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μαρτύριον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαρτύριον μαρτυρίου

Structure: μαρτυρι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. testimony, evidence, proof
  2. martyrdom
  3. shrine of a martyr

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μαρτύριον μαρτυρίω μαρτύρια
Genitive μαρτυρίου μαρτυρίοιν μαρτυρίων
Dative μαρτυρίῳ μαρτυρίοιν μαρτυρίοις
Accusative μαρτύριον μαρτυρίω μαρτύρια
Vocative μαρτύριον μαρτυρίω μαρτύρια

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 ἐμβαλεῖσ εἰσ τὴν κιβωτὸν τὰ μαρτύρια, ἃ ἂν δῷ σοι. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:15)
  • καὶ ἐπιθήσεισ τὸ ἱλαστήριον ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν ἄνωθεν. καὶ εἰσ τὴν κιβωτὸν ἐμβαλεῖσ τὰ μαρτύρια, ἃ ἂν δῷ σοι. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:20)
  • καὶ λαβὼν τὰ μαρτύρια ἐνέβαλεν εἰσ τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ ὑπέθηκε τοὺσ διωστῆρασ ὑπὸ τὴν κιβωτὸν (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 40:18)
  • ταῦτα τὰ μαρτύρια καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα καὶ τὰ κρίματα, ὅσα ἐλάλησε Μωυσῆσ τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ, ἐξελθόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:45)
  • φυλάσσων φυλάξῃ τὰσ ἐντολὰσ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, τὰ μαρτύρια καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα, ὅσα ἐνετείλατό σοι. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 6:17)

Synonyms

  1. shrine of a martyr

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