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σπήλαιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπήλαιον σπήλαιου

Structure: σπηλαι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: spe/os

Sense

  1. a grotto, cave, cavern

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σπήλαιον σπηλαίω σπήλαια
Genitive σπηλαίου σπηλαίοιν σπηλαίων
Dative σπηλαίῳ σπηλαίοιν σπηλαίοις
Accusative σπήλαιον σπηλαίω σπήλαια
Vocative σπήλαιον σπηλαίω σπήλαια

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 δότω μοι τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ διπλοῦν, ὅ ἐστιν αὐτῷ, τὸ ὂν ἐν μέρει τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ. ἀργυρίου τοῦ ἀξίου δότω μοι αὐτὸ ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσ κτῆσιν μνημείου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:9)
  • παῤ ἐμοὶ γενοῦ, κύριε, καὶ ἄκουσόν μου. τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ σοὶ δίδωμι. ἐναντίον πάντων τῶν πολιτῶν μου δέδωκά σοι. θάψον τὸν νεκρόν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:11)
  • καὶ ἔστη ὁ ἀγρὸσ Ἐφρών, ὃσ ἦν ἐν τῷ διπλῷ σπηλαίῳ, ὅσ ἐστι κατὰ πρόσωπον Μαμβρῆ, ὁ ἀγρὸσ καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον, ὃ ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ πᾶν δένδρον, ὃ ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, καὶ πᾶν ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖσ ὁρίοισ αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:17)
  • καὶ ἐκυρώθη ὁ ἀγρὸσ καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον, ὃ ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ, τῷ Ἁβραὰμ εἰσ κτῆσιν τάφου παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Χέτ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:20)
  • καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰσμαὴλ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ διπλοῦν, εἰσ τὸν ἀγρὸν Ἐφρὼν τοῦ Σαὰρ τοῦ Χετταίου, ὅσ ἐστιν ἀπέναντι Μαμβρῆ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 25:9)

Synonyms

  1. a grotto

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

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