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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

  • καὶ ἐκεῖ ἦν ὁ προφήτησ τοῦ Κυρίου, Ὠδὴδ ὄνομα αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰσ ἀπάντησιν τῆσ δυνάμεωσ τῶν ἐρχομένων εἰσ Σαμάρειαν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖσ. ἰδοὺ ὀργὴ Κυρίου Θεοῦ τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ἐπὶ Ἰούδαν, καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺσ εἰσ τὰσ χεῖρασ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀπεκτείνατε ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἐν ὀργῇ. καὶ ἕωσ τῶν οὐρανῶν ἔφθακε. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 28:9)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἔσδρασ. σὺ εἶ αὐτὸσ Κύριοσ μόνοσ, σὺ ἐποίησασ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν στάσιν αὐτῶν, τὴν γῆν καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῇ, τὰσ θαλάσσασ καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐταῖσ, καὶ σὺ ζωοποιεῖσ τὰ πάντα, καὶ σοὶ προσκυνοῦσιν αἱ στρατιαὶ τῶν οὐρανῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 9:6)
  • ναὶ ναὶ ὁ Θεὸσ τοῦ πατρόσ μου καὶ Θεὸσ κληρονομίασ Ἰσραήλ, δέσποτα τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ τῆσ γῆσ, κτίστα τῶν ὑδάτων, βασιλεῦ πάσησ κτίσεώσ σου, σὺ εἰσάκουσον τῆσ δεήσεώσ μου (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 9:12)
  • καὶ νῦν, δυνάστα τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἀπόστειλον ἄγγελον ἀγαθὸν ἔμπροσθεν ἡμῶν εἰσ δέοσ καὶ τρόμον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:23)
  • Κύριε Κύριε, βασιλεῦ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ δέσποτα πάσησ κτίσεωσ, ἅγιε ἐν ἁγίοισ, μόναρχε, παντοκράτωρ, πρόσχεσ ἡμῖν καταπονουμένοισ ὑπὸ ἀνοσίου καὶ βεβήλου θράσει καὶ σθένει πεφρυαγμένου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. the universe

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