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τάφος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: τάφος τάφεος

Structure: ταφο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: te/qhpa

Sense

  1. astonishment, amazement

Declension

Third 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

  • οὗτοσ ὁ τάφοσ ὃν ἐποίησεν ἐν Μωδεί̈ν, ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 13:30)
  • ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν ἀλήθεια, ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν ματαία. τάφοσ ἀνεῳγμένοσ ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖσ γλώσσαισ αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 5:10)
  • τίσ δώσει ἐκ Σιὼν τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ Ἰσραήλ̣ ἐν τῷ ἐπιστρέψαι Κύριον τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀγαλλιάσεται Ἰακὼβ καὶ εὐφρανθήσεται Ἰσραήλ. ̀ρ̀ντάφοσ ἀνεῳγμένοσ ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖσ γλώσσαισ αὑτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν. ἰὸσ ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν, ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶσ καὶ πικρίασ γέμει, ὀξεῖσ οἱ πόδεσ αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα, σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖσ ὁδοῖσ αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνησ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν. οὐκ ἔστι φόβοσ Θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 13:7)
  • εἴη δέ μου πόλισ τάφοσ, ἐφ̓ ἧσ ἐπὶ τειχέων ἡλλόμην ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ, οὐ φείσομαι. οὐ γὰρ ἐψευσάμην ρήματα ἅγια Θεοῦ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 6:10)
  • ὅτι οὐκ ἀπέκτεινέ με ἐν μήτρᾳ μητρὸσ καὶ ἐγένετό μοι ἡ μήτηρ μου τάφοσ μου καὶ ἡ μήτρα συλλήψεωσ αἰωνίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 20:17)

Synonyms

  1. astonishment

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

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