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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 ὁ λύχνοσ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὶν ἐπισκευασθῆναι, καὶ Σαμουὴλ ἐκάθευδεν ἐν τῷ ναῷ, οὗ ἡ κιβωτὸσ τοῦ Θεοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 3:3)
  • καὶ ἔδωκεν ἐπὶ τὸν τοῖχον τοῦ οἴκου μέλαθρα κυκλόθεν τῷ ναῷ καὶ τῷ δαβὶρ καὶ ἐποίησε πλευρὰσ κυκλόθεν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 6:9)
  • καὶ ἐξήνεγκεν ἐκεῖθεν πάντασ τοὺσ θησαυροὺσ οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ τοὺσ θησαυροὺσ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέωσ καὶ συνέκοψε πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ χρυσᾶ, ἃ ἐποίησε Σαλωμὼν ὁ βασιλεὺσ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῷ ναῷ Κυρίου κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 24:13)
  • καὶ ἐποίησε τὰσ λυχνίασ τὰσ χρυσᾶσ δέκα κατὰ τὸ κρίμα αὐτῶν καὶ ἔθηκεν ἐν τῷ ναῷ, πέντε ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ πέντε ἐξ ἀριστερῶν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 4:7)
  • καὶ ἐποίησε τραπέζασ δέκα καὶ ἔθηκεν ἐν τῷ ναῷ, πέντε ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ πέντε ἐξ εὐωνύμων, καὶ ἐποίησε φιάλασ χρυσᾶσ ἑκατόν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 4:8)

Synonyms

  1. a temple

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