Wisdom of Solomon 17:2 (Brenton): For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; They being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, Lay there exiled from the eternal providence.
Septuagint (LXX) interlinear — Wisdom of Solomon 17:2
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- ὑπειληφότες hupeilephotes take up, receive verb, Perf Act Part Nom Plur Masc G5274
- γὰρ gar For for particle G1063
- καταδυναστεύειν katadunasteuein overpower, quell verb, Pres Act Infin G2616
- ἔθνος ethnos nation a race, people noun, Acc Sing Neut G1484
- ἅγιον hagion holy set apart, holy adjective, Acc Sing Neut G40
- ἄνομοι anomoi lawless, sinful adjective, Nom Plur Masc G459
- δέσμιοι desmioi prisoners one bound, a prisoner adjective, Nom Plur Masc G1198
- σκότους skotous darkness darkness noun, Gen Sing Neut G4655
- καὶ kai and and, even conjunction G2532
- μακρᾶς makras long long, distant adjective, Gen Sing Fem G3117
- πεδῆται pedetai fettered one fettered noun, Nom Plur Masc G458840
- νυκτὸς nuktos night the night, night-time noun, Gen Sing Fem G3571
- κατακλεισθέντες katakleisthentes shut shut up, confine verb, Aor Pass Part Nom Plur Masc G2623
- ὀρόφοις orophois houses reeds used for thatching houses noun, Dat Plur Masc G458843
- φυγάδες phugades one who flees noun, Nom Plur Masc G458844
- τῆς tes the the pronoun, article, Gen Sing Fem G3588
- αἰωνίου aioniou eternal eternal, unending adjective, Gen Sing Fem G166
- προνοίας pronoias forethought, foresight noun, Gen Sing Fem G4307
- ἔκειντο ekeinto lie, recline verb, Imperf Mid Ind 3rd Plur G2749
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