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οὐρανός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὐρανός οὐρανοῦ

Structure: οὐραν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: only in sg.

Sense

  1. the vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached and the sun traveled: sky, heaven
  2. the region above this vault, the home of the gods
  3. (philosophy) the universe
  4. anything shaped like the sky: vaulted ceiling, tent

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

  • εὐφράνθητε, οὐρανοί, ἅμα αὐτῷ, καὶ προσκυνησάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντεσ ἄγγελοι Θεοῦ. εὐφράνθητε, ἔθνη μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνισχυσάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντεσ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ. ὅτι τὸ αἷμα τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ ἐκδικᾶται, καὶ ἐκδικήσει καὶ ἀνταποδώσει δίκην τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ καὶ τοῖσ μισοῦσιν ἀνταποδώσει, καὶ ἐκκαθαριεῖ Κύριοσ τὴν γῆν τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:43)
  • καὶ ἤρξατο Τωβίασ λέγειν. εὐλογητὸσ εἶ, ὁ Θεὸσ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ εὐλογητὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου τὸ ἅγιον καὶ ἔνδοξον εἰσ τοὺσ αἰῶνασ. εὐλογησάτωσάν σε οἱ οὐρανοὶ καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ κτίσεισ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 8:5)
  • τῷ λόγῳ τοῦ Κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν καὶ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματοσ αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμισ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 32:6)
  • καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσιν οἱ οὐρανοὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸσ κριτήσ ἐστι. . (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 49:6)
  • γῆ ἐσείσθη, καὶ γὰρ οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἔσταξαν ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ Σινᾶ, ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 67:9)
  • ΟΙ ΟΥΡΑΝΟΙ διηγοῦνται δόξαν Θεοῦ, ποίησιν δὲ χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ἀναγγέλλει τὸ στερέωμα. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. the universe

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