Strong G3033Λιβύη
Libya
- Transliteration
- Libuē
- Pronunciation
- lib-oo'-ay
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
Probably from G3047; Libye a region of Africa: - Libya.
Detailed definition
Libya, the north part of Africa west of Egypt, (Odyssey by Homer); in later writers also for the whole Continent (ML)
In the biblical story
Libya
A country in North Africa
Libya (Put or Pul), a country in North Africa mentioned in various Old Testament prophecies (Ezekiel 30:5; 38:5; Nahum 3:9).
In the Bible
Strong G3033 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- libya1
First verses
- Acts 2:10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Λῐβύη [ῠ], ἡ,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Libya”, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.85, 14.295, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46, etc.; also for “Africa” generally, [prev. author] 4.42, +others)]; the west bank of the Nile, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (PTaur. 8.9 (2nd c.BC), “PLond.” 1.3.8 (2nd c.BC): proverbial, ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν or κακόν, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 606b20, 2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 2.51)]:— adverb Λῐβύηθεν, from Libya, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 46, 222)]:—also Λῐβύηθε, Doric dialect Λῐβῠ-ᾱθε, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 368, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.24)]:— adjective Λῐβῠκός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8, etc.)]; Λ. ὄρνεον, i.e. a strange, foreign bird, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 65)]; Λ. λόγοι a kind of fables resembling those of Aesop, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1393a30)]; also, western, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 119)]; ={δυτικός}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Paraphrasis Ptolemaei Tetrabiblou” 29.)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Libya”, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.85, 14.295, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46, etc.; also for “Africa” generally, [prev. author] 4.42, +others)]; the west bank of the Nile, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (PTaur. 8.9 (2nd c.BC), “PLond.” 1.3.8 (2nd c.BC): proverbial, ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν or κακόν, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 606b20, 2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 2.51)]:— adverb Λῐβύηθεν, from Libya, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 46, 222)]:—also Λῐβύηθε, Doric dialect Λῐβῠ-ᾱθε, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 368, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.24)]:— adjective Λῐβῠκός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8, etc.)]; Λ. ὄρνεον, i.e. a strange, foreign bird, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 65)]; Λ. λόγοι a kind of fables resembling those of Aesop, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1393a30)]; also, western, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 119)]; ={δυτικός}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Paraphrasis Ptolemaei Tetrabiblou” 29.)]