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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

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

  • ὃν τρόπον συνέταξε Κύριοσ τῷ Μωυσῇ, καὶ ἀπέθηκεν Ἀαρὼν ἐναντίον τοῦ μαρτυρίου εἰσ διατήρησιν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 16:34)
  • Καὶ ποιήσεισ κιβωτὸν μαρτυρίου ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων, δύο πήχεων καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ μῆκοσ καὶ πήχεωσ καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ πλάτοσ καὶ πήχεωσ καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ ὕψοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:9)
  • καὶ γνωσθήσομαί σοι ἐκεῖθεν καὶ λαλήσω σοι ἄνωθεν τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο Χερουβὶμ τῶν ὄντων ἐπὶ τῆσ κιβωτοῦ τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐὰν ἐντείλωμαί σοι πρὸσ τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:21)
  • καὶ θήσεισ τὸ καταπέτασμα ἐπὶ τῶν στύλων. καὶ εἰσοίσεισ ἐκεῖ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματοσ τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ μαρτυρίου. καὶ διοριεῖ τό καταπέτασμα ὑμῖν ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ἁγίου τῶν ἁγίων. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 26:33)
  • καὶ κατακαλύψεισ τῷ καταπετάσματι τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ τῶν ἁγίων. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 26:34)

Synonyms

  1. shrine of a martyr

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