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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

  • ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖσ ἐκγελάσεται αὐτούσ, καὶ ὁ Κύριοσ ἐκμυκτηριεῖ αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 2:4)
  • ὅτι εἶπασ. εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα ἔλεοσ οἰκοδομηθήσεται. ἐν τοῖσ οὐρανοῖσ ἑτοιμασθήσεται ἡ ἀλήθειά σου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 88:3)
  • καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐν οὐρανοῖσ ὁ μάρτυσ μου, ὁ δὲ συνίστωρ μου ἐν ὑψίστοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 16:19)
  • καὶ μόλισ εἰκάζομεν τὰ ἐπὶ γῆσ καί τὰ ἐν χερσὶν εὑρίσκομεν μετὰ πόνου. τὰ δὲ ἐν οὐρανοῖσ τίσ ἐξιχνίασε̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 9:16)
  • ἔστι γὰρ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖσ, ᾧ ἡμεῖσ λατρεύομεν, δυνατὸσ ἐξελέσθαι ἡμᾶσ ἐκ τῆσ καμίνου τοῦ πυρὸσ τῆσ καιομένησ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν σου, βασιλεῦ, ρύσεται ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 3:17)

Synonyms

  1. the universe

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