Ἀαρών

See also: Ααρών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾahărōn).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.aˈron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.aˈron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.aˈron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.aˈron/

Proper noun

Ἀαρών • (Aarṓn) m (indeclinable) or Ἀαρών, Ἀαρῶνος (Koine)

Aaron, the brother of Moses.
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 4:29:
  ἐπορεύθη δὲ Μωυσῆς καὶ ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ συνήγαγον τὴν γερουσίαν τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ.
  eporeúthē dè Mōusês kaì ’Aarṑn kaì sunḗgagon tḕn gerousían tôn huiôn ’Israḗl.
  And Moses and Aaron went and gathered the elders of the children of Israel.

Inflection

Indeclinable, or declension "-ών, -ῶνος" like χειμών (kheimṓn).

Descendants

Greek: Ααρών (Aarón) older spelling: Ἀαρών
→ Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽 (aharōn)
→ Latin: Aarōn, Ārōn, Aharōn (see there for further descendants)

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
Ἀαρών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
G2 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Strong's Concordance number: G2
Ἀαρών, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011