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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

  • καὶ θήσεισ αὐτὸ ἀπέναντι τοῦ καταπετάσματοσ τοῦ ὄντοσ ἐπὶ τῆσ κιβωτοῦ τῶν μαρτυρίων, ἐν οἶσ γνωσθήσομαί σοι ἐκεῖθεν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 30:6)
  • καὶ συγκόψεισ ἐκ τούτων λεπτὸν καὶ θήσεισ ἀπέναντι τῶν μαρτυρίων ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου, ὅθεν γνωσθήσομαί σοι ἐκεῖθεν. ἅγιον τῶν ἁγίων ἔσται ὑμῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 30:36)
  • καὶ ἐπιθήσει τὸ θυμίαμα ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ ἔναντι Κυρίου. καὶ καλύψει ἡ ἀτμὶσ τοῦ θυμιάματοσ τὸ ἱλαστήριον τὸ ἐπὶ τῶν μαρτυρίων, καὶ οὐκ ἀποθανεῖται. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 16:13)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. ἀπόθεσ τὴν ράβδον Ἀαρὼν ἐνώπιον τῶν μαρτυρίων εἰσ διατήρησιν, σημεῖον τοῖσ υἱοῖσ τῶν ἀνηκόων, καὶ παυσάσθω ὁ γογγυσμὸσ αὐτῶν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνωσι. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 17:25)
  • καὶ ἐπιστρέψασ κατέβην ἐκ τοῦ ὄρουσ, καὶ τὸ ὄροσ ἐκαίετο πυρὶ ἕωσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ αἱ δύο πλάκεσ τῶν μαρτυρίων ἐπὶ ταῖσ δυσὶ χερσί μου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 9:15)

Synonyms

  1. shrine of a martyr

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