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ἕβδομος

ebdomos

seventh, the seventh day, sabbath

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Where it lives

  • Jude 1 · 22.47/10k
  • Seven Against Thebes 6 · 11.92/10k
  • Aggaeus 1 · 10.99/10k
  • Leviticus 19 · 10.15/10k
  • Exodus 20 · 8.45/10k
  • Esdras I 6 · 7.29/10k
  • Esdras II 8 · 6.74/10k
  • Paralipomenon I 8 · 6.02/10k
  • Numeri 12 · 5.2/10k
  • Regnorum IV 9 · 5.2/10k
  • Revelation 5 · 5.05/10k
  • Zacharias 2 · 4.15/10k

Densest 12 of 49 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

seventh, the seventh day, sabbath

seventh, Il. 19.117, etc.; ἡ ἑβδόμη the seventh day, Hdt. 6.57 (pl.), Arist. HA 588a8; sabbath, Ph. 1.675, Ep.Hebr. 4.4.

2

= ἑπτά, ἑβδόμαις πύλαις A. Th. 125 (lyr., s.v.l.), cf. Thom.Mag. p.133 R.; ἐν κύκλοισιν ἑβδόμοις Milet. 6.46.

3 seven years’ work

ἕβδομα, τά, seven years’ work, LXX Ge. 29.27.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἕβδομος (scan p. 415; entry #1848).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἕβδομος (scan p. 467; entry #1701).

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