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νᾱός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: νᾱός νᾱοῦ

Structure: νᾱ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nai/w

Sense

  1. a temple
  2. innermost part of a temple, sanctuary, the part of the temple considered most pure and holy

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 ὡσ κατίσχυσεν, ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ τοῦ καταφθεῖραι, καὶ ἠδίκησεν ἐν Κυρίῳ Θεῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰσ τὸν ναὸν Κυρίου θυμιάσαι ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τῶν θυμιαμάτων. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 26:16)
  • καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲσ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου κατὰ πάντα, ἃ ἐποίησεν Ὀζίασ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ’ οὐκ εἰσῆλθεν εἰσ τὸν ναὸν Κυρίου, καὶ ἔτι ὁ λαὸσ κατεφθείρετο. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 27:2)
  • καὶ ἤρξαντο τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ πρώτῃ νουμηνίᾳ τοῦ πρώτου μηνὸσ ἁγνίσαι καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ τοῦ μηνὸσ εἰσῆλθαν εἰσ τὸν ναὸν Κυρίου καὶ ἥγνισαν τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου ἐν ἡμέραισ ὀκτὼ καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸσ τοῦ πρώτου συνετέλεσαν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 29:17)
  • καὶ νῦν γνωστὸν ἔστω τῷ κυρίῳ βασιλεῖ, ὅτι οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀναβάντεσ παῤ ὑμῶν πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ ἐλθόντεσ εἰσ Ἱερουσαλήμ, τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἀποστάτιν καὶ πονηρὰν οἰκοδομοῦσι, τάσ τε ἀγορὰσ αὐτῆσ καὶ τὰ τείχη θεραπεύουσι καὶ ναὸν ὑποβάλλονται. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:17)
  • ἐὰν οὖν ἡ πόλισ αὕτη οἰκοδομηθῇ καὶ τὰ τείχη συντελεσθῇ, φορολογίαν οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνωσι δοῦναι, ἀλλὰ καὶ βασιλεῦσιν ἀντιστήσονται. καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐνεργεῖται τὰ κατὰ τὸν ναόν, καλῶσ ἔχειν ὑπολαμβάνομεν μὴ ὑπεριδεῖν τὸ τοιοῦτον, ἀλλὰ προσφωνῆσαι τῷ κυρίῳ βασιλεῖ, ὅπωσ, ἂν φαίνηταί σοι, ἐπισκεφθῇ ἐν τοῖσ ἀπὸ τῶν πατέρων σου βιβλίοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:18)

Synonyms

  1. a temple

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