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σκῆπτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκῆπτρον σκήπτρου

Structure: σκηπτρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: skh/ptw

Sense

  1. a staff, stick to lean on, used by lame or aged persons
  2. a staff, baton, especially as the badge of command, sceptre
  3. royalty, kingly power, rule

Declension

Second 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 ἀπεκρίθη Σαοὺλ καὶ εἶπεν. οὐχὶ ἀνδρὸσ υἱὸσ Ἰεμιναίου ἐγώ εἰμι τοῦ μικροῦ σκήπτρου φυλῆσ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τῆσ φυλῆσ τῆσ ἐλαχίστησ ἐξ ὅλουσ σκήπτρου Βενιαμίν̣ καὶ ἱνατί ἐλάλησασ πρὸσ ἐμὲ κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο̣ (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 9:21)
  • καὶ Ἰωνάθαν οὐκ ἀκηκόει ἐν τῷ ὁρκίζειν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ τὸν λαόν. καὶ ἐξέτεινε τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ σκήπτρου αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔβαψεν αὐτὸ εἰσ τὸ κηρίον τοῦ μέλιτοσ καὶ ἐπέστρεψε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνέβλεψαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 14:27)
  • καὶ εἶπε Σαμουὴλ πρὸσ Σαούλ. οὐχὶ μικρὸσ εἶ σὺ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἡγούμενοσ σκήπτρου φυλῆσ Ἰσραήλ̣ καὶ ἔχρισέ σε Κύριοσ εἰσ βασιλέα ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 15:17)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσ ἤκουσε πᾶσ Ἰσραὴλ ὅτι ἀνέκαμψεν Ἱεροβοὰμ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἀπέστειλαν καὶ ἐκάλεσαν αὐτὸν εἰσ τὴν συναγωγὴν καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ. καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὀπίσω οἴκου Δαυὶδ πάρεξ σκήπτρου Ἰούδα καὶ Βενιαμὶν μόνοι. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 12:20)

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