3 Maccabees 2:27 (Brenton): His purpose was to inflict a public stigma upon our race; wherefore he erected a pillar at the tower porch, and caused the following inscription to be engraven upon it:
Septuagint (LXX) interlinear — 3 Maccabees 2:27
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- προέθετο proetheto purpose purpose, design beforehand verb, Aor Mid Ind 3rd Sing G4388
- δημοσίᾳ demosia public public, publicly adjective, Dat Sing Fem G1219
- κατὰ kata down from, against preposition G2596
- τοῦ tou the the pronoun, article, Gen Sing Neut G3588
- ἔθνους ethnous race a race, people noun, Gen Sing Neut G1484
- διαδοῦναι diadounai offer here and there, distribute verb, Aor Act Infin G1239
- ψόγον psogon blame noun, Acc Sing Masc G370805
- ἐπὶ epi upon on, to preposition G1909
- τοῦ tou the the pronoun, article, Gen Sing Masc G3588
- κατὰ kata down from, against preposition G2596
- τὴν ten the the pronoun, article, Acc Sing Fem G3588
- αὐλὴν aulen court-yard, fore-court noun, Acc Sing Fem G833
- πύργου purgou tower a tower, fortified structure noun, Gen Sing Masc G4444
- στήλην stelen block noun, Acc Sing Fem G370812
- ἀναστήσας anastesas raise up, set up verb, Aor Act Part Nom Sing Masc G450
- ἐκόλαψεν ekolapsen peck at verb, Aor Act Ind 3rd Sing G370814
- γραφὴν graphen a writing, passage of scripture noun, Acc Sing Fem G1124
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