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Ἐφρύαξαν · they raged (ε 3968) · Suda

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Near ε3968

ε3964Ephratha, Ephrath
ε3965Ephraim
ε3966Ephraios, Ephraeus
ε3967I bristled, I shivered
ε3968they raged
ε3969was blushing, was turning red
ε3970came to be, was
ε3971they escaped a bad thing [and] found a better
ε3972moist, rainy, wet

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3968

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Ἐφρύαξαν

they raged

Translated by David Whitehead5 May 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning] they were agitated.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐφρύαξαν· ἐταράχθησαν.

Betacode

*)efru/acan: e)tara/xqhsan.

Notes

From Psalm 2:1 LXX (quoted in Acts 4:25): 'why did the heathen rage?'. Similar entry in Hesychius.

Neighbouring entries

ε3966ἘφραῖοςEphraios, Ephraeus ε3967ἜφριξαI bristled, I shivered ε3968Ἐφρύαξανthey raged ε3969Ἐφοινίττετοwas blushing, was turning red ε3970Ἔφυcame to be, was

Revision history4 revisions · last 21 Mar 2016

21 Mar 2016Revised — David Whitehead
20 Nov 2012Revised — David Whitehead
8 Jul 2004Revised — David Whitehead
5 May 2004cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
5 May 2004Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐφρύαξαν (Adler number epsilon 3968), trans. David Whitehead, 5 May 2004. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3968

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗