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κώδων

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Gloss: a bell

Transliteration: kōdōn

Strong’s: G8138

a bell , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;in fortified towns an officer went round at night with a bell to challenge the sentries, and see that they were awake, (Thucydides); ὡς κώδωνα ἐξαψάμενος like one with an alarm-bell in his hand, (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
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