Ἰεφθής
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.ɛpʰˈtʰes/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.eɸˈθis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.efˈθis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.efˈθis/
Proper noun
Ἰεφθής • (Iephthḗs) m (genitive Ἰεφθοῦ); first declension
- Alternative form of Ἰεφθάε (Iephtháe)
- 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 5.257:
- ἦν δέ τις Ἰεφθὴς ἀνὴρ διὰ τὴν πατρῴαν ἀρετὴν δυνατὸς καὶ δι᾽ οἰκείαν αὐτοῦ στρατιὰν ἣν ἔτρεφεν αὐτὸς μισθοφόρων
- ên dé tis Iephthḕs anḕr dià tḕn patrṓian aretḕn dunatòs kaì di᾽ oikeían autoû stratiàn hḕn étrephen autòs misthophórōn
- Translation by William Whiston
- Now there was one whose name was Jephtha, who, both on account of his father's virtue, and on account of that army which he maintained at his own expenses
- ἦν δέ τις Ἰεφθὴς ἀνὴρ διὰ τὴν πατρῴαν ἀρετὴν δυνατὸς καὶ δι᾽ οἰκείαν αὐτοῦ στρατιὰν ἣν ἔτρεφεν αὐτὸς μισθοφόρων
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Ἰεφθής; τοῦ Ἰεφθοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἰεφθής ho Iephthḗs | τὼ Ἰεφθᾱ́ tṑ Iephthā́ | οἱ Ἰεφθαί hoi Iephthaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἰεφθοῦ toû Iephthoû | τοῖν Ἰεφθαῖν toîn Iephthaîn | τῶν Ἰεφθῶν tôn Iephthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἰεφθῇ tôi Iephthêi | τοῖν Ἰεφθαῖν toîn Iephthaîn | τοῖς Ἰεφθαῖς toîs Iephthaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἰεφθήν tòn Iephthḗn | τὼ Ἰεφθᾱ́ tṑ Iephthā́ | τοὺς Ἰεφθᾱ́ς toùs Iephthā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | Ἰεφθή Iephthḗ | Ἰεφθᾱ́ Iephthā́ | Ἰεφθαί Iephthaí | ||||||||||
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