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σφαγή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφαγή

Structure: σφαγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: sfa/zw

Sense

  1. slaughter, butchery, the gaping wound
  2. the throat

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σφαγή σφαγᾱ́ σφαγαί
Genitive σφαγῆς σφαγαῖν σφαγῶν
Dative σφαγῇ σφαγαῖν σφαγαῖς
Accusative σφαγήν σφαγᾱ́ σφαγᾱ́ς
Vocative σφαγή σφαγᾱ́ σφαγαί

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

  • ἀγρεύομαι γὰρ ὥσπερ λέων εἰσ σφαγήν, πάλιν γὰρ μεταβαλὼν δεινῶσ με ὀλέκεις (Septuagint, Liber Iob 10:16)
  • ἴδοισαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σφαγήν, ἀπὸ δὲ Κυρίου μὴ διασωθείη. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 21:20)
  • ἐὰν δὲ πολλοὶ γένωνται οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, εἰσ σφαγὴν ἔσονται. ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀνδρωθῶσι, προσαιτήσουσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 27:14)
  • ὁ δὲ ἐπηκολούθησεν αὐτῇ κεπφωθείσ, ὥσπερ δὲ βοῦσ ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἄγεται καὶ ὥσπερ κύων ἐπὶ δεσμοὺς (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 7:22)
  • διὰ τὴν σφαγὴν καὶ τὴν ἀσέβειαν τὴν εἰσ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου Ἰακώβ, καὶ καλύψει σε αἰσχύνη καὶ ἐξαρθήσῃ εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα. ‐ (Septuagint, Prophetia Abdiae 1:10)

Synonyms

  1. the throat

Similar forms

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

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