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πῆχυς

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πῆχυς πήχεως

Structure: πηχυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. forearm, from the wrist to the elbow
  2. the centrepiece, which joined the two horns of an ancient bow
  3. (in the plural) the horns or sides of the lyre
  4. (in the balance) the beam
  5. (as a measure of length) cubit, the distance from the point of the elbow to that of the little finger
  6. (in the plural) the cubits, small children one cubit in height represented in pictures as playing round the Nile

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πῆχυς πήχει πήχεις
Genitive πήχεως πήχοιν πήχεων
Dative πήχει πήχοιν πήχεσιν*
Accusative πῆχυν πήχει πήχεις
Vocative πῆχυ πήχει πήχεις

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 οὕτω ποιήσεισ τὴν κιβωτόν. τριακοσίων πήχεων τὸ μῆκοσ τῆσ κιβωτοῦ καὶ πεντήκοντα πήχεων τὸ πλάτοσ καὶ τριάκοντα πήχεων τὸ ὕψοσ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:15)
  • ἐπισυνάγων ποιήσεισ τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ εἰσ πῆχυν συντελέσεισ αὐτὴν ἄνωθεν. τὴν δὲ θύραν τῆσ κιβωτοῦ ποιήσεισ ἐκ πλαγίων. κατάγαια διώροφα καὶ τριώροφα ποιήσεισ αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:16)
  • πεντεκαίδεκα πήχεισ ὑπεράνω ὑψώθη τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ ἐπεκάλυψε πάντα τὰ ὄρη τὰ ὑψηλά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:20)
  • καὶ πῆχυσ ἐπισυναγόμενοσ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τῶν θεεὶμ ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν, καὶ τὸ θεὲ πηχῶν ἓξ ἔνθεν καὶ πηχῶν ἓξ ἔνθεν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 40:12)
  • Καὶ ταῦτα τὰ μέτρα τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἐν πήχει τοῦ πήχεωσ καὶ παλαιστῆσ. κόλπωμα βάθουσ ἐπὶ πῆχυν καὶ πῆχυσ τὸ εὖροσ, καὶ γεῖσοσ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖλοσ αὐτοῦ κυκλόθεν σπιθαμῆσ. καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ὕψοσ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 43:13)
  • ἐκ βάθουσ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τοῦ κοιλώματοσ αὐτοῦ πρὸσ τὸ ἱλαστήριον τὸ μέγα τὸ ὑποκάτωθεν πηχῶν δύο καὶ τὸ εὖροσ πήχεωσ. καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου τοῦ μικροῦ ἐπὶ τὸ ἱλαστήριον τὸ μέγα πήχεισ τέσσαρεσ καὶ εὖροσ πῆχυσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 43:14)
  • καὶ τῷ ἀριὴλ πηχῶν τεσσάρων, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀριὴλ καὶ ὑπεράνω τῶν κεράτων πῆχυσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 43:15)
  • καὶ τὸ ἱλαστήριον πηχῶν δεκατεσσάρων τὸ μῆκοσ ἐπὶ πήχεισ δεκατέσσαρασ τὸ εὖροσ ἐπὶ τέσσαρα μέρη αὐτοῦ. καὶ τὸ γεῖσοσ αὐτῷ κυκλόθεν κυκλούμενον αὐτῷ. ἥμισυ πήχεωσ, καὶ τὸ κύκλωμα αὐτοῦ πῆχυσ κυκλόθεν. καὶ οἱ κλιμακτῆρεσ αὐτοῦ βλέποντεσ κατὰ ἀνατολάσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 43:17)

Synonyms

  1. the beam

  2. cubit

    • πυγών (the distance from the elbows to the first joint of the fingers, = 20)

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