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στήλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: στήλη στήλης

Structure: στηλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ste/llw

Sense

  1. An upright stone or slab
  2. A post, a pillar, a column
  3. An engraved stone; a monument, particularly tombstones or boundary markers

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative στήλη στήλᾱ στῆλαι
Genitive στήλης στήλαιν στηλῶν
Dative στήλῃ στήλαιν στήλαις
Accusative στήλην στήλᾱ στήλᾱς
Vocative στήλη στήλᾱ στῆλαι

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 ἐπέβλεψεν ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὰ ὀπίσω καὶ ἐγένετο στήλη ἁλόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:26)
  • καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν Λάβαν Βουνὸσ τῆσ μαρτυρίασ. Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν Βουνὸσ μάρτυσ. εἶπε δὲ Λάβαν τῷ Ἰακώβ. ἰδοὺ ὁ βουνὸσ οὗτοσ καὶ ἡ στήλη, ἣν ἔστησα ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ, μαρτυρεῖ ὁ βουνὸσ οὗτοσ, καὶ μαρτυρεῖ ἡ στήλη αὕτη. διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Βουνὸσ μαρτυρεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:48)
  • καὶ εἶπε Λάβαν τῷ Ἰακώβ. ἰδοὺ ὁ βουνὸσ οὗτοσ καὶ μάρτυσ ἡ στήλη αὕτη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:51)
  • καὶ ἔστησεν Ἰακὼβ στήλην ἐπὶ τοῦ μνημείου αὐτῆσ. αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ στήλη ἐπὶ τοῦ μνημείου Ραχὴλ ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 35:20)

Synonyms

  1. A post

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