Usage: 7 forms in 20 verses
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ελάφων | hinds | LXX.1Sam.24.2 • LXX.Song.8.14 |
| of hinds | LXX.Job.39.1 • LXX.Song.2.17 | |
| of stags | LXX.1Kgs.4.23 | |
| of the hinds | LXX.Song.2.9 | |
| ελάφουσ | hinds | LXX.Ps.29.9 |
| ελάφου | a stag | LXX.2Sam.22.34 • LXX.Ps.18.33 |
| ελάφοισ | stags | LXX.Ps.104.18 |
| έλαφοσ | a stag | LXX.Prov.7.22 • LXX.Isa.35.6 |
| hind | LXX.Prov.5.19 | |
| stag | LXX.Deut.12.22 • LXX.Ps.42.1 | |
| έλαφον | stag | LXX.Deut.12.15 • LXX.Deut.14.5 • LXX.Deut.15.22 |
| έλαφοι | hinds | LXX.Jer.14.5 |
| stags | LXX.Isa.34.15 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ἔλαφος (elaphos) hind G:N-M
ἔλαφος, ὁ
and ἡ, deer, Cervus elaphus, whether male, hart or stag, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; or female, hind, [Refs], etc.; κεραός, ὑψίκερως,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; κραδίην ἐλάφοιο [ἔχων] with heart of deer. i.e. a coward, [Refs 8th c.BC+]. (Fem. as a generic term, in Trag. and [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II κέρας ἐλάφου hartshorn, [Refs]
__III deerskin, ἐλάφου πήρα [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__IV a kind of cake, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V figure of a deer used as a weight, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]ṇ-, compare ἐλλός (from *ἐλνός), Lithuanian élnis 'stag'.)