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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔ̂ː.kʰos/ → /ˈno.xos/ → /ˈno.xos/
Proper noun
Νῶχος • (Nôkhos) m (genitive Νώχου); second declension
- Alternative form of Νῶε (Nôe)
93 CE – 94 CE,
Josephus,
Antiquities of the Jews 1.76:
- καὶ οἱ μὲν οὕτως ἀφανίζονται πάντες, Νῶχος δὲ σώζεται μόνος ὑποθεμένου μηχανὴν αὐτῷ καὶ πόρον πρὸς σωτηρίαν τοῦ θεοῦ τοιαύτην
- kaì hoi mèn hoútōs aphanízontai pántes, Nôkhos dè sṓzetai mónos hupotheménou mēkhanḕn autôi kaì póron pròs sōtērían toû theoû toiaútēn
- Translation by William Whiston
- and thus were all these men destroyed: but Noah alone was saved; for God suggested to him the following contrivance and way of escape
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