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προφυλακή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: προφυλακή

Structure: προφυλακ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: profula/ssw

Sense

  1. a guard in front;, outposts, videttes, piquets, advanced, an advanced guard

Declension

First 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

  • προφυλακή ἐστι τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὥστε ἐξαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺσ ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου. ἐκείνη ἡ νὺξ αὕτη προφυλακὴ Κυρίῳ, ὥστε πᾶσι τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραὴλ εἶναι εἰσ γενεὰσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:42)
  • καὶ ἡμεῖσ ἐνοπλισάμενοι προφυλακὴν πρότεροι τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, ἕωσ ἂν ἀγάγωμεν αὐτοὺσ εἰσ τὸν ἑαυτῶν τόπον. καὶ κατοικήσει ἡ ἀποσκευὴ ἡμῶν ἐν πόλεσι τετειχισμέναισ διὰ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 32:17)
  • καὶ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ εἶπα τῷ λαῷ. ἕκαστοσ μετὰ τοῦ νεανίσκου αὐτοῦ αὐλίσθητε ἐν μέσῳ Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἔστω ὑμῖν ἡ νὺξ προφυλακὴ καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἔργον. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 4:16)
  • καὶ ἤμην ἐγὼ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρεσ τῆσ προφυλακῆσ ὀπίσω μου, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐκδιδυσκόμενοσ ἀνὴρ τά ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 4:17)
  • καὶ εἶπα αὐτοῖσ. οὐκ ἀνοιγήσονται πύλαι Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἕωσ ἅμα τῷ ἡλίῳ, καὶ ἔτι αὐτῶν γρηγορούντων κλειέσθωσαν αἱ θύραι καὶ σφηνούσθωσαν. καὶ στῆσον προφύλακασ οἰκούντων ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἀνὴρ ἐν προφυλακῇ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνὴρ ἀπέναντι οἰκίασ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 7:3)
  • καὶ ἐπορεύοντο ἐν τῷ αὐλῶνι εἰσ εὐθεῖαν, καὶ συνήντησεν αὐτῇ προφυλακὴ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 10:11)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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