Strong G4946Συράκουσαι
Syracuse
- Transliteration
- Surakousai
- Pronunciation
- soo-rak'-oo-sahee
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
Plural of uncertain derivation;
Syracusae the capital of Sicily: - Syracuse.
Syracusae the capital of Sicily: - Syracuse.
Detailed definition
ionic Συρήκουσαι, doric Συράκοσαι, and Σῦράκοσσαι, Syracuse , (Herdotus Historicus), etc. (ML)
In the biblical story
Syracuse
City in Sicily where Paul's ship stopped
Syracuse, a city on the island of Sicily where Paul's ship stopped for three days on his journey to Rome (Acts 28:12).
In the Bible
Strong G4946 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- syracuse1
First verses
- Acts 28:12And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
Σῠράκουσαι [ᾱ], αἱ,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Syracuse”, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.4, 2nd c.BC: Scymnus Geographus 282, “IGRom.” 1.495 (Sicily, 1st c.AD))]; Ionic dialect Σῠρήκουσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.154)]; Doric dialect Σῠράκοσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.1, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 22.8)]; also Σῠράκοσσαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.6 (with variants), conjecture in 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.184)] (Συράκουσσ- Papyrus, as also [Refs (“Marm.Par.” 52,71))]: Σῠράκουσα, ἡ, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.75, 14.14, 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius)], Συράκουσσα Hdn.Gr.[Refs 4th c.AD+ (1.270 codices 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)]; Σῠράκοσα, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 21.4)]; also Σῠρακώ, οῦς, ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 185 (name of a marsh, 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius; called “Tyraco”, Vibius Sequester p.154 Riese))].-- adjective Σῠρᾱκόσιος, α, ον, “Syracusan”, and as substantive a Syracusan, BMus.Cat.Coins Sicily [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (p.145, Th.[same place], “IG” 12(9).1187.15 (Euboea, 3rd c.BC), etc.)]; Ionic dialect and poetry Σῠρηκόσιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.154, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.191 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 6.354)]; a form Σῠρακόσσιος [Refs (Hdn.Gr. 1.120)]; Σῠρακούσιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 326b (assuming variant))]; Συρρακούσιος variant in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 12.36, compare 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.242, +others)]; feminine Σῠρᾰκοσσίς, γλῶσσα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 9.22:)] —ἡ Συρακοσία [χώρα] the territory of S., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.52 (and so L. Dind. reads for ἡ Συράκουσα or Συράκοσα in 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus (see. above)): Συρακοσίων τράπεζα)], proverbial of luxurious living, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 216)]:—Σῠρᾱκοσεύς, έως, ὁ, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Syracuse”, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.4, 2nd c.BC: Scymnus Geographus 282, “IGRom.” 1.495 (Sicily, 1st c.AD))]; Ionic dialect Σῠρήκουσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.154)]; Doric dialect Σῠράκοσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.1, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 22.8)]; also Σῠράκοσσαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.6 (with variants), conjecture in 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.184)] (Συράκουσσ- Papyrus, as also [Refs (“Marm.Par.” 52,71))]: Σῠράκουσα, ἡ, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.75, 14.14, 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius)], Συράκουσσα Hdn.Gr.[Refs 4th c.AD+ (1.270 codices 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)]; Σῠράκοσα, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 21.4)]; also Σῠρακώ, οῦς, ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 185 (name of a marsh, 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius; called “Tyraco”, Vibius Sequester p.154 Riese))].-- adjective Σῠρᾱκόσιος, α, ον, “Syracusan”, and as substantive a Syracusan, BMus.Cat.Coins Sicily [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (p.145, Th.[same place], “IG” 12(9).1187.15 (Euboea, 3rd c.BC), etc.)]; Ionic dialect and poetry Σῠρηκόσιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.154, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.191 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 6.354)]; a form Σῠρακόσσιος [Refs (Hdn.Gr. 1.120)]; Σῠρακούσιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 326b (assuming variant))]; Συρρακούσιος variant in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 12.36, compare 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.242, +others)]; feminine Σῠρᾰκοσσίς, γλῶσσα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 9.22:)] —ἡ Συρακοσία [χώρα] the territory of S., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.52 (and so L. Dind. reads for ἡ Συράκουσα or Συράκοσα in 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus (see. above)): Συρακοσίων τράπεζα)], proverbial of luxurious living, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 216)]:—Σῠρᾱκοσεύς, έως, ὁ, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius)]