Strong G2957Κυρήνη
Cyrene
- Transliteration
- Kurēnē
- Pronunciation
- koo-ray'-nay
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
Of uncertain derivation;
Cyrene a region of Africa: - Cyrene.
Cyrene a region of Africa: - Cyrene.
Meaning of the name
Cyrene, "wall"
Detailed definition
Κυρήνη, -ης, ἡ
Cyrene, a city in Libya: Act.2:10.†
(AS)
Cyrene, a city in Libya: Act.2:10.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Cyrene
City in North Africa; home of early Christians
Cyrene, a city in North Africa, was the hometown of Simon, who carried Jesus' cross, and several early Christians mentioned in Acts.
In the Bible
Strong G2957 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cyrene1
First verses
- Acts 2:10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
Cyrene , a Greek colony in Africa, [Refs 5th c.BC (Herdotus Historicus)]: —;the people were called Κυρηναῖοι, and the country ἡ Κυρηναία, [Refs 5th c.BC (Herdotus Historicus)] (Middle Liddel)