Ἱεριχώ
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (Yərīḥṓ), influenced by the Greek word ῐ̔ερός (hĭerós, “holy”).
Pronunciation
- (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
Ῐ̔ερῑχώ • (Hĭerīkhṓ) f (genitive Ῐ̔ερῑχοῦς); third declension
- Alternative form of Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ)
Usage notes
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
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ῐ̔ερῑχώ hē Hĭerīkhṓ | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ῐ̔ερῑχοῦς tês Hĭerīkhoûs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ῐ̔ερῑχοῖ têi Hĭerīkhoî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ῐ̔ερῑχώ tḕn Hĭerīkhṓ | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ῐ̔ερῑχοῖ Hĭerīkhoî | ||||||||||||
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References
- 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