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πλῆθος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλῆθος πλήθεος

Structure: πληθο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pi/mplhmi

Sense

  1. a large number of things, a great number
  2. majority, main portion
  3. something of large size or magnitude
  4. specifically: a large group of people: crowd, multitude, throng, mob
  5. populace, people, general public

Declension

Third 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 δῴη σοι ὁ Θεὸσ ἀπὸ τῆσ δρόσου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆσ πιότητοσ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πλῆθοσ σίτου καὶ οἴνου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:28)
  • μικρὰ γὰρ ἦν ὅσα σοι ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ, καὶ ηὐξήθη εἰσ πλῆθοσ, καὶ εὐλόγησέ σε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ἐπὶ τῷ ποδί μου. νῦν οὖν πότε ποιήσω κἀγὼ ἐμαυτῷ οἶκον̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 30:30)
  • ὁ ἄγγελοσ ὁ ρυόμενόσ με ἐκ πάντων τῶν κακῶν εὐλογήσαι τὰ παιδία ταῦτα, καὶ ἐπικληθήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖσ τὸ ὄνομά μου καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τῶν πατέρων μου Ἁβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαάκ, καὶ πληθυνθείησαν εἰσ πλῆθοσ πολὺ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 48:16)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν, ἀλλὰ εἶπεν. οἶδα, τέκνον, οἶδα. καὶ οὗτοσ ἔσται εἰσ λαόν, καὶ οὗτοσ ὑψωθήσεται. ἀλλὰ ὁ ἀδελφὸσ αὐτοῦ ὁ νεώτεροσ μείζων αὐτοῦ ἔσται, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἔσται εἰσ πλῆθοσ ἐθνῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 48:19)
  • εἶπε δὲ τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ. ἰδοὺ τὸ γένοσ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ μέγα πλῆθοσ καὶ ἰσχύει ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 1:9)

Synonyms

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