Ἱεριχώ
See also: Ἰεριχώ
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (Yərīḥṓ), influenced by the Greek word ῐ̔ερός (hierós, “holy”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.e.riː.kʰɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)i.e.riˈkʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.e.riˈxo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.e.riˈxo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.e.riˈxo/
Proper noun edit
Ῐ̔ερῑχώ • (Hierīkhṓ) f (genitive Ῐ̔ερῑχοῦς); third declension
- Alternative form of Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ)
Usage notes edit
While Ἱεριχώ (Hierikhṓ) is inflected by Josephus, the New Testament and Septuagint treat it as indeclinable. The variant Ἰεριχώ (Ierikhṓ) is found on more reliable manuscripts and is considered to more likely be the authentic version.
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ῐ̔ερῑχώ hē Hierīkhṓ | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ῐ̔ερῑχοῦς tês Hierīkhoûs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ῐ̔ερῑχοῖ têi Hierīkhoî | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ῐ̔ερῑχώ tḕn Hierīkhṓ | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ῐ̔ερῑχοῖ Hierīkhoî | ||||||||||||
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References edit
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2410 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible