Strong G3520νῆσος

island

Transliteration
nēsos
Pronunciation
nay'-sos
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Probably from the base of G3491; an island: - island isle.

Detailed definition

νῆσος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for אִי;]
an island: Act.13:6 27:26 28:1, 7 28:9, 11 Rev.1:9 6:14 16:20.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3520 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • island6
  • isle3

First verses

  1. Acts 13:6
    And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar–jesus:
  2. Acts 27:26
    Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
  3. Acts 28:1
    And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
  4. Acts 28:7
    In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
  5. Acts 28:9
    So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:
  6. Acts 28:11
    And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
  7. Revelation 1:9
    I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
  8. Revelation 6:14
    And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
  9. Revelation 16:20
    And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νῆσος,
Doric dialect νᾶσος, ἡ, island, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.721, etc.)]; ἐν τᾷ μεγάλᾳ Δωρίδι νάσῳ Πέλοπος, i.e. the Peloponnese, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 696)]; μακάρων νῆσοι, see at {μάκα; αἱ ν}. the islands of the Archipelago, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1319, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.1)]; καὶ πῶς γυνὴ.. νῆσον ἀμφιέννυτα; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 35 (compare περίνησος))]: irregular genitive plural νησάων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 66.)]
2 land flooded by the Nile, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.90.7 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; opposed to ἤπειρος, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PGiss.” 60 (2nd c.AD))]; νῆσοι ποταμοφόρητοι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1445.13 (2nd c.AD))]; so of alluvial land in [Refs (“Tab.Heracl.” 1.38.)]