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χοᾰν-εύω

choaneuo

cast in a mould

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Where it lives

  • Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
  • Malachias 1 · 7.2/10k
  • Exodus 5 · 2.11/10k
  • Ezechiel 5 · 1.73/10k
  • Paralipomenon II 3 · 1.52/10k
  • Regnorum III 2 · 1.05/10k
  • Jeremias 2 · 0.72/10k
  • Regnorum IV 1 · 0.58/10k
  • Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

χοᾰν-εύω · choan-euō — LSJ

cast in a mould, cast, form by casting

cast in a mould, χοανεύει Ar. Th. 57, cf. 62 (both anap.): c. acc., cast, form by casting, χωνεύσεις . . βάσεις χαλκᾶς LXX Ex. 26.37, cf. 2 Ch. 4.3, al.:—Med., διέχεαν χαλκὸν πρῶτοι καὶ ἀλάλματα ἐχωνεύσαντο Ῥοῖκος κτλ. Paus. 8.14.8.

II smelt, cast

smelt or cast metal, LXX 2 Ch. 34.17:—Pass., χωνευθείς Plb. 34.9.11, D.S. 5.35; ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς κεχωνευμένος Id. 16.45; κεχ. ἀργύριον Plu. Luc. 37.

III get together

metaph., get together, ἀργύριον LXX 4 Ki. 22.9.

IV

v. χωνεύω II.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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