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νηστεία

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νηστεία

Structure: νηστει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from nhsteu/w

Sense

  1. a fast

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νηστεία νηστείᾱ νηστεῖαι
Genitive νηστείᾱς νηστείαιν νηστειῶν
Dative νηστείᾱͅ νηστείαιν νηστείαις
Accusative νηστείᾱν νηστείᾱ νηστείᾱς
Vocative νηστείᾱ νηστείᾱ νηστεῖαι

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 ἐξεγερθεὶσ ἐκ τῆσ νηστείασ, διερρηγμένα ἔχων τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ τὴν ἱερὰν ἐσθῆτα, κάμψασ τὰ γόνατα καὶ ἐκτείνασ τὰσ χεῖρασ πρὸσ τὸν Κύριον ἔλεγον. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:70)
  • ἀγαθὸν προσευχὴ μετὰ νηστείασ καὶ ἐλεημοσύνησ καὶ δικαιοσύνησ. ἀγαθὸν τὸ ὀλίγον μετὰ δικαιοσύνησ ἢ πολὺ μετὰ ἀδικίασ. καλὸν ποιῆσαι ἐλεημοσύνην ἢ θησαυρίσαι χρυσίον. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 12:8)
  • τὰ γόνατά μου ἠσθένησαν ἀπὸ νηστείασ, καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου ἠλλοιώθη δἰ ἔλαιον. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 108:24)
  • καὶ ἀναγνώσῃ ἐν τῷ χαρτίῳ τούτῳ εἰσ τὰ ὦτα τοῦ λαοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ νηστείασ, καὶ ἐν ὠσὶ παντὸσ Ἰούδα τῶν ἐρχομένων ἐκ πόλεων αὐτῶν ἀναγνώσῃ αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 43:6)
  • κατὰ τὸν κωμῳδιοποιὸν Δίφιλον κεστρεὺσ ἂν εἰήν ἕνεκα νηστείασ ἄκρασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 44 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a fast

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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