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Etymology

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Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἀκκαρωνίτης (Akkarōnítēs) in the Septuagint, from Biblical Hebrew עֶקְרוֹנִי (ʿEqrōnî).

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Proper noun

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Accarōnīta m (genitive Accarōnītae); first declension

  1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Ekronite
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate I Samuelis.5.10:
      Miserunt ergo arcam Dei in Accaron. Cumque venisset arca Dei in Accaron, exclamaverunt Accaronitae dicentes: Adduxerunt ad nos arcam Dei Israel ut interficiat nos et populum nostrum.
      So they sent the ark of God into Ekron. And when the ark of God arrived in Ekron, the Ekronites shouted out, saying: They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, for him to kill us and our people.
    • c. 672 CE – 735 CE, Bede, Commentaria in I Samuelis 7:
      Accaronita quippe Sergius Paulus proconsul, Accaronita erat Dionysius Ariopagita.
      For the proconsul Sergius Paulus was an Ekronite; Dionysius the Areopagite was an Ekronite.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Accarōnīta Accarōnītae
Genitive Accarōnītae Accarōnītārum
Dative Accarōnītae Accarōnītīs
Accusative Accarōnītam Accarōnītās
Ablative Accarōnītā Accarōnītīs
Vocative Accarōnīta Accarōnītae