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ὀχυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀχυρός

Structure: ὀχυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. firm, lasting, stout
  2. (of places) strong, secure
  3. (miltary, of a stronghold or position) strong, tenable

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπὶ Βαιθσούρᾳ φρούριον ὀχυρὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων προσῆγε καὶ ἐτροποῦτο, προσέκρουεν, ἠλαττονοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 13:19)
  • γενοῦ μοι εἰσ Θεὸν ὑπερασπιστὴν καὶ εἰσ τόπον ὀχυρὸν τοῦ σῶσαί με, ὅτι στερέωμά μου καὶ καταφυγή μου εἶ σύ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 70:3)
  • ἰδοὺ τέθεικά σε ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ὡσ πόλιν ὀχυρὰν καὶ ὡσ τεῖχοσ χαλκοῦν, ὀχυρὸν πᾶσι τοῖσ βασιλεῦσιν Ἰούδα καὶ τοῖσ ἄρχουσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ λαῷ τῆσ γῆσ, (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 1:18)
  • καὶ δώσω σε τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ ὡσ τεῖχοσ ὀχυρὸν χαλκοῦν, καὶ πολεμήσουσι πρὸσ σὲ καὶ οὐ μὴ δύνωνται πρὸσ σέ, διότι μετὰ σοῦ εἰμι τοῦ σῴζειν σε (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 15:20)
  • ἐπεδείκνυέ τισ αὐτῷ τῆσ πόλεωσ τὸ τεῖχοσ ὀχυρὸν καὶ καρτερῶσ ἄγαν ἐξῳκοδομημένον, καὶ ἠρώτα εἰ καλὸν αὐτῷ φαίνεται· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 551)

Synonyms

  1. strong

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