Μωϋσῆς

See also: Μωυσής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μωσῆς (Mōsês), Μωϋσῆ (Mōüsê), Μοϋσῆς (Moüsês)

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōše).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.yˈsis/ → /mo.iˈsis/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.yˈse̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.yˈsis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.yˈsis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.iˈsis/

Proper noun

Μωϋσῆς • (Mōüsês) m (genitive Μωϋσέως); third declension

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Moses

Inflection

Irregular declension of ὁ Μωϋσῆς; τοῦ Μωϋσέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μωϋσῆς ho Mōüsês
Genitive	τοῦ Μωϋσέως toû Mōüséōs
Dative	τῷ Μωϋσεῖ tôi Mōüseî
Accusative	τὸν Μωϋσῆν tòn Mōüsên
Vocative	Μωϋσῆ Mōüsê
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μωυσής (Moysís)
• → Albanian: Moisiu
• → Armenian: Մովսես (Movses)
• → Bulgarian: Мойсей (Mojsej)
• → Georgian: მოსე (mose)
• → Gothic: 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍃 (mōsēs)
• → Latin: Moyses, Moses (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: Моисе́й (Moiséj)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Мојсије, Mojsije
• → Ukrainian: Мойсей (Mojsej)

References

• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
• 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
• G3475 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible