Strong G1359Διόσκουροι
the twin gods
- Transliteration
- Dioskouroi
- Pronunciation
- dee-os'-koo-roy
- Morphology
- Proper Name Title (ie not the name of a person or place)
Definition
Detailed definition
Διόσ-κουροι, -ων, οἱ
(Ion. and κοινή form of Att..., Διόσκοροι; Διός, genitive of Ζεύς + κόρος, a son),
the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), twin sons of Zeus and Leda (RV, The Twin Brothers): Act.28:11.†
(AS)
(Ion. and κοινή form of Att..., Διόσκοροι; Διός, genitive of Ζεύς + κόρος, a son),
the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), twin sons of Zeus and Leda (RV, The Twin Brothers): Act.28:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1359 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pollux1
First verses
- Acts 28:11And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Δῐόσ-κοροι
(the Attic dialect form, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 212), Ionic dialect and later Διόσκουροι, οἱ, the sons of Zeus, i. e. the twins of Leda, Castor and Polydeuces, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 33.1, etc.: dual Διοσκόρω, τώ, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 285, “Ec.” 1069, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 465, 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 846, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 21.253d: _sing._ uncertain in 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 120, cf. Varro “LL” 5.66: Διόσκοροι is required by metre in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1643, “El.” 1239)]: -κούρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 293a)]; -κόρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 796b, codex Laur. in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75: both forms in codices of 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.43, 6.127.)]
II constellation named from them the Twins, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus “Καταστερισμοί” 10.)]
III ={παρωτίδες}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.440, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 410.17.)]
(the Attic dialect form, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 212), Ionic dialect and later Διόσκουροι, οἱ, the sons of Zeus, i. e. the twins of Leda, Castor and Polydeuces, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 33.1, etc.: dual Διοσκόρω, τώ, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 285, “Ec.” 1069, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 465, 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 846, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 21.253d: _sing._ uncertain in 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 120, cf. Varro “LL” 5.66: Διόσκοροι is required by metre in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1643, “El.” 1239)]: -κούρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 293a)]; -κόρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 796b, codex Laur. in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75: both forms in codices of 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.43, 6.127.)]
II constellation named from them the Twins, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus “Καταστερισμοί” 10.)]
III ={παρωτίδες}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.440, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 410.17.)]