Strong G4544Σάμος
Samos
- Transliteration
- Samos
- Pronunciation
- sam'-os
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
Samus an island of the Mediterranean: - Samos.
Samus an island of the Mediterranean: - Samos.
Meaning of the name
Samos, "heights, lofty place"
Detailed definition
Σάμος, -ου, ἡ
Samos, an island in the Ægean: Act.20:15.†
(AS)
Samos, an island in the Ægean: Act.20:15.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Samos
Island visited by Paul during his travels
Samos is an island in the Aegean Sea where Paul stopped during his third missionary journey (Acts 20:15).
In the Bible
Strong G4544 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- samos1
First verses
- Acts 20:15And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Σάμος [ᾰ], ἡ,
“Samos”, the name of several Greek islands:
1 old name for Κεφαλληνία (which see), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.634, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.671)]; also called Σάμη,[Refs (1.246, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 429)]; though this, accusative to others, is a town on the island: hence adjective Σαμαῖος, α, ον, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.2.13.)]
2 Σάμος Θρηϊκίη, see at {Σαμοθρᾴκη}.
3 “Samos”, the large island over against Ephesus, first in [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 41)]: hence adjective Σάμιος, α, ον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.70, etc.)]; ἡ Σαμία (i.e. γῆ) [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. passage], 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 62)]; also Σ. ἀστήρ, clay with medicinal properties, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.178)]:—Σαμιακός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 13. (Acc. to 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.19, 10.2.17, σάμος)] was an old word signifying a height.)
“Samos”, the name of several Greek islands:
1 old name for Κεφαλληνία (which see), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.634, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.671)]; also called Σάμη,[Refs (1.246, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 429)]; though this, accusative to others, is a town on the island: hence adjective Σαμαῖος, α, ον, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.2.13.)]
2 Σάμος Θρηϊκίη, see at {Σαμοθρᾴκη}.
3 “Samos”, the large island over against Ephesus, first in [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 41)]: hence adjective Σάμιος, α, ον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.70, etc.)]; ἡ Σαμία (i.e. γῆ) [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. passage], 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 62)]; also Σ. ἀστήρ, clay with medicinal properties, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.178)]:—Σαμιακός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 13. (Acc. to 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.19, 10.2.17, σάμος)] was an old word signifying a height.)