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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

  • οὐ ποιήσεισ σεαυτῷ εἴδωλον, οὐδὲ παντὸσ ὁμοίωμα, ὅσα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τῇ γῇ κάτω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τοῖσ ὕδασιν ὑποκάτω τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 20:4)
  • Κύριε Θεέ, σὺ ἤρξω δεῖξαι τῷ σῷ θεράποντι τὴν ἰσχύν σου καὶ τὴν δύναμίν σου καὶ τὴν χεῖρα τὴν κραταιὰν καὶ τὸν βραχίονα τὸν ὑψηλόν. τίσ γάρ ἐστι Θεὸσ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἢ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὅστισ ποιήσει καθὰ ἐποίησασ σὺ καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἰσχύν σου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:24)
  • καὶ γνώσῃ σήμερον καὶ ἐπιστραφήσῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ ὅτι Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου οὗτοσ Θεὸσ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ κάτω, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι πλὴν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:39)
  • οὐ ποιήσεισ σεαυτῷ εἴδωλον οὐδὲ παντὸσ ὁμοίωμα, ὅσα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τῇ γῇ κάτω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τοῖσ ὕδασιν ὑποκάτω τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 5:8)
  • οὐκ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω ἐστὶ λέγων. τίσ ἀναβήσεται ἡμῖν εἰσ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ λήψεται ἡμῖν αὐτήν, καὶ ἀκούσαντεσ αὐτὴν ποιήσομεν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 30:12)

Synonyms

  1. the universe

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