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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 εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου. πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου, καὶ οὐκ ἀριθμηθήσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 16:10)
  • καὶ ἐγὼ ἰδοὺ ἡ διαθήκη μου μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ ἔσῃ πατὴρ πλήθουσ ἐθνῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:4)
  • σὺ δὲ εἶπασ. εὖ σε ποιήσω καὶ θήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡσ τὴν ἄμμον τῆσ θαλάσσησ, ἣ οὐκ ἀριθμηθήσεται ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:12)
  • ἦν γὰρ αὐτῶν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα πολλὰ τοῦ οἰκεῖν ἅμα, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἡ γῆ τῆσ παροικήσεωσ αὐτῶν φέρειν αὐτοὺσ ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθουσ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 36:7)
  • οὐκ ἔσῃ μετὰ πλειόνων ἐπὶ κακίᾳ. οὐ προστεθήσῃ μετὰ πλήθουσ ἐκκλῖναι μετὰ τῶν πλειόνων, ὥστε ἐκκλῖναι κρίσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 23:2)

Synonyms

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