እግዚአብሔር

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Ge'ez እግዚእ (ʾəgziʾ, “lord”) (in the construct state) + ብሔር (bəḥer, “world, region”).

Proper noun

እግዚአብሔር • (ʾəgziʾäbḥer)

(Christianity, Judaism) God
- 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici‎, Leipzig, Genesis 1:1:
  በቀዳሚ፡ገብረ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ሰማየ፡ወምድረ።
  bäḳädami gäbrä ʾəgziʾäbḥer sämayä wämdrä.
  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

References

Dillmann, August (1865) “እግዚአብሔር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

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