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ὀλιγόψυχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγόψυχος ὀλιγόψυχον

Structure: ὀλιγοψυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: yuxh/

Sense

  1. faint-hearted

Examples

  • ὡσ ἄνθρωποι ὀλιγόψυχοι διψῶντεσ ἐν Σιών, ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων ἀσεβῶν, οἷσ ἡμᾶσ παρέδωκασ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 25:5)
  • παρακαλέσατε, οἱ ὀλιγόψυχοι τῇ διανοίᾳ. ἰσχύσατε, μὴ φοβεῖσθε. ἰδοὺ ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν κρίσιν ἀναταποδίδωσι καὶ ἀνταποδώσει, αὐτὸσ ἥξει καὶ σώσει ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 35:4)

Synonyms

  1. faint-hearted

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

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