Ἰεριχώ

See also: Ἱεριχώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἰερειχώ (Iereikhṓ), Ἱερειχώ (Hiereikhṓ), Ἱεριχοῦς (Hierikhoûs), Ἱεριχώ (Hierikhṓ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (Yərīḥṓ). There are various spellings in Ancient Greek, but the variant Ἰεριχώ (Ierikhṓ) is found in more reliable manuscripts and is considered to more likely be the authentic version.

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.e.riˈxo/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.e.riˈxo/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.e.riˈxo/

Proper noun

Ἰερῑχώ • (Ierīkhṓ) f (indeclinable)

Jericho
- 50 CE – 100 CE, Epistle to the Hebrews 11:30:
  πίστει τὰ τείχη Ἰεριχὼ ἔπεσαν κυκλωθέντα ἐπὶ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας
  pístei tà teíkhē Ierikhṑ épesan kuklōthénta epì heptà hēméras
  By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.

Inflection

Declension of ἡ Ἰερῑχώ; τῆς Ἰερῑχώ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἰερῑχώ hē Ierīkhṓ
Genitive	τῆς Ἰερῑχώ tês Ierīkhṓ
Dative	τῇ Ἰερῑχώ tēî Ierīkhṓ
Accusative	τὴν Ἰερῑχώ tḕn Ierīkhṓ
Vocative	Ἰερῑχώ Ierīkhṓ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Ιεριχώ (Ierichó)
→ English: Jericho
→ Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 (iaireikō)
→ Old Church Slavonic: Ѥрихонъ (Jerixonŭ)

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G2410 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible