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χρόνος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρόνος χρόνου

Structure: χρον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. time (in the abstract sense)
  2. specific time, period, term
  3. lifetime
  4. delay
  5. (grammar) tense

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 οὐκ ἤχθη τὸ πάσχα τοιοῦτον ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ τῶν χρόνων Σαμουὴλ τοῦ προφήτου, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 1:18)
  • τὰ δὲ ἱστορηθέντα περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆσ ἀκαθαρσίασ αὐτοῦ καὶ δυσσεβείασ ἀναγέγραπται ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ τῶν χρόνων τῶν βασιλέων. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 1:40)
  • ἔτι ἀπὸ τῶν χρόνων τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καί ἐσμεν ἐν μεγάλῃ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:73)
  • καὶ κλήρουσ ἐβάλομεν περὶ κλήρου ξυλοφορίασ, οἱ ἱερεῖσ καὶ οἱ Λευῖται καὶ ὁ λαόσ, ἐνέγκαι εἰσ οἶκον Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, εἰσ οἶκον πατριῶν ἡμῶν, εἰσ καιροὺσ ἀπὸ χρόνων, ἐνιαυτὸν κατ’ ἐνιαυτόν, ἐκκαῦσαι ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίου Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ὡσ γέγραπται ἐν τῷ νόμῳ, (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 10:34)
  • καὶ τὸ δῶρον τῶν ξυλοφόρων ἐν καιροῖσ ἀπὸ χρόνων καὶ ἐν τοῖσ βακχουρίοισ. μνήσθητί μου ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν εἰσ ἀγαθωσύνην. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 13:31)

Synonyms

  1. time

  2. lifetime

  3. delay

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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