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σύρτισ
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lexicon_greek base word
- σύρτις - ΣΎΡΤΙΣ - G4950 4950 - quicksands - {"def":{"short":"a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e., the Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa","long":["Syrtis, the name of two places in the African or Libyan Sea between Carthage and Cyrenaicia, full of shallows and sandbanks, and therefore destructive to ships; the western Syrtis, between the islands Cercina and Meninx (or the promontories of Zeitha and Brachodes), was called Syris minor, the eastern (extending from the promontories of Cephalae on the west to that of Boreum on the east) was called Syris major; this latter must be the one referred to in Acts 27:17, for upon this the ship in which Paul was sailing might easily be cast after leaving Crete"]},"deriv":"from G4951","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈsyr.tis","ipa_mod":"ˈsjur.tis","sbl":"syrtis","dic":"SOOR-tees","dic_mod":"SYOOR-tees"},"see":["G4951"]}
phpBible_greek_lexicon orig word
- σύρτις
- ΣΎΡΤΙΣ - G4950 4950 - from (4951) - surtis - soor'-tis - Noun Feminine - from «4951»; a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e. the Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa:--quicksands. -
- Syrtis, the name of two places in the African or Libyan Sea between Carthage and Cyrenaicia, full of shallows and sandbanks, and therefore destructive to ships; the western Syrtis, between the islands Cercina and Meninx (or the promontories of Zeitha and Brachodes), was called Syris minor, the eastern (extending from the promontories of Cephalae on the west to that of Boreum on the east) was called Syris major; this latter must be the one referred to in Acts 27:17, for upon this the ship in which Paul was sailing might easily be cast after leaving Crete
phpBible_av:Original
- Acts 27:17 - Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, struck sail, and so were driven.
ὍΣ ΑἼΡΩ ΧΡΆΟΜΑΙ ΒΟΉΘΕΙΑ ὙΠΟΖΏΝΝΥΜΙ ΠΛΟῖΟΝ ΤΈ ΦΟΒΈΩ ΜΉ ἘΚΠΊΠΤΩ ΕἸΣ ΣΎΡΤΙΣ ΧΑΛΆΩ ΣΚΕῦΟΣ ΟὝΤΩ ΦΈΡΩ