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σφηκιά

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφηκιά

Structure: σφηκι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: sfh/c

Sense

  1. a wasps' nest

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

  • καὶ ἀποστελῶ τὰσ σφηκίασ προτέρασ σου, καὶ ἐκβαλεῖσ τοὺσ Ἀμορραίουσ καὶ τοὺσ Εὐαίουσ καὶ τοὺσ Χαναναίουσ καὶ τοὺσ Χετταίουσ ἀπό σοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 23:28)
  • καὶ τὰσ σφηκίασ ἀποστελεῖ Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου εἰσ αὐτούσ, ἕωσ ἂν ἐκτριβῶσιν οἱ καταλελειμμένοι καὶ οἱ κεκρυμμένοι ἀπὸ σοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 7:20)

Synonyms

  1. a wasps' nest

Related

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

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