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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 ἀνέστη Ἄννα μετὰ τὸ φαγεῖν αὐτοὺσ ἐν Σηλὼ καὶ κατέστη ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ Ἡλὶ ὁ ἱερεὺσ ἐκάθητο ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἐπὶ τῶν φλιῶν ναοῦ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 1:9)
  • ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαί με ἐπικαλέσομαι τὸν Κύριον καὶ πρὸσ τὸν Θεόν μου βοήσομαι. καὶ ἐπακούσεται ἐκ ναοῦ αὐτοῦ φωνῆσ μου, καὶ ἡ κραυγή μου ἐν τοῖσ ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 22:7)
  • καὶ τὸ αἰλὰμ κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ ναοῦ, εἴκοσιν ἐν πήχει μῆκοσ αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὸ πλάτοσ τοῦ οἴκου καὶ δέκα ἐν πήχει τὸ πλάτοσ αὐτοῦ κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ οἴκου. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὸν οἶκον καὶ συνετέλεσεν αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 6:7)
  • καὶ οὕτωσ ἐποίησε τῷ πυλῶνι τοῦ ναοῦ, φλιαὶ ξύλων ἀρκευθίνων, στοαὶ τετραπλῶσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 6:32)
  • α καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὸ καταπέτασμα τῆσ αὐλῆσ τοῦ αἰλὰμ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ ναοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 6:36)

Synonyms

  1. a temple

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