እግዚአብሔር

እግዚአብሔር

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Ge'ez እግዚእ (ʾəgziʾ, “lord”) (in the construct state) + ብሔር (bəḥer, “world, region”).

Proper noun

እግዚአብሔር • (ʾəgziʾäbḥer)

1. (Christianity, Judaism) God
   • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici‎, Leipzig, Genesis 1:1:

     በቀዳሚ፡ገብረ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ሰማየ፡ወምድረ።

     bäḳädami gäbrä ʾəgziʾäbḥer sämayä wämdrä.

     In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

References

• Dillmann, August (1865), “እግዚአብሔር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel