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οἶκος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἶκος οἴκου

Structure: οἰκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. house or dwelling place
  2. room, chamber
  3. meeting house, hall; monument

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

  • Ηὐξήθησαν δὲ οἱ νεανίσκοι, καὶ ἦν Ἡσαῦ ἄνθρωποσ εἰδὼσ κυνηγεῖν, ἄγροικοσ, Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἄνθρωποσ ἄπλαστοσ, οἰκῶν οἰκίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 25:27)
  • Καὶ οὗτοι ἀρχηγοὶ οἴκων πατριῶν αὐτῶν. υἱοὶ Ρουβὴν πρωτοτόκου Ἰσραήλ. Ἐνὼχ καὶ Φαλλούσ, Ἀσρὼν καὶ Χαρμεί. αὕτη ἡ συγγένεια Ρουβήν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 6:14)
  • αὕτη ἡ ἐπίσκεψισ, ἣν ἐπεσκέψαντο Μωυσῆσ καὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντεσ Ἰσραήλ, δώδεκα ἄνδρεσ. ἀνὴρ εἷσ κατὰ φυλὴν μίαν, κατὰ φυλὴν οἴκων πατριᾶσ ἦσαν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 1:44)
  • καὶ προσήνεγκαν οἱ ἄρχοντεσ Ἰσραήλ, δώδεκα ἄρχοντεσ οἴκων πατριῶν αὐτῶν, οὗτοι οἱ ἄρχοντεσ φυλῶν, οὗτοι οἱ παρεστηκότεσ ἐπὶ τῆσ ἐπισκοπῆσ, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 7:2)
  • ΚΑΙ προσῆλθον οἱ ἄρχοντεσ φυλῆσ υἱῶν Γαλαὰδ υἱοῦ Μαχὶρ υἱοῦ Μανασσῆ ἐκ τῆσ φυλῆσ υἱῶν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἐλάλησαν ἔναντι Μωυσῆ καὶ ἔναντι Ἐλεάζαρ τοῦ ἱερέωσ καὶ ἔναντι τῶν ἀρχόντων οἴκων πατριῶν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 36:1)

Synonyms

  1. house or dwelling place

  2. room

  3. meeting house

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