Strong G4949Συροφοίνισσα
Syrophoenician
- Transliteration
- Surophoinissa
- Pronunciation
- soo-rof-oy'-nis-sah
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Detailed definition
Συροφοινίκισσα (Rec. -φοίνισσα), -ης, ἡ
a Syropænician woman: Mrk.7:26, WH, txt., RV (cf. ἡ Φοινίκη Συρία, Diod., 19, 93).†
(AS)
a Syropænician woman: Mrk.7:26, WH, txt., RV (cf. ἡ Φοινίκη Συρία, Diod., 19, 93).†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Syria
Ancient region north of Israel, often in conflict
Syria, an ancient region north of Israel, often engaged in conflicts with Israel and Judah (1 Kgs. 20:1; 2 Kgs. 13:3).
In the Bible
Strong G4949 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- syrophenician1
First verses
- Mark 7:26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.