Εὔα
See also: Εύα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěu̯.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.wa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.βa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.va/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.va/
Proper noun
Εὔᾱ • (Eúā) f (genitive Εὔᾱς); first declension
- Eve (wife of Adam)
Usage notes
There are two references to Adam’s wife by name in the Old Testament. The LXX translates the first occurrence (Genesis 3:20) with ζωή (zōḗ, “life”), and transliterates the second (Genesis 4:1) with Εὔα (Eúa). Both New Testament references use Εὔα (Eúa).
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “Εὔα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
- G2096 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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