Strong G4950σύρτις
Syrtis
- Transliteration
- surtis
- Pronunciation
- soor'-tis
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
From G4951; a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves) that is the Syrtis Major or great bay on the North coast of Africa: - quicksands.
Detailed definition
Σύρτις (L, σῦρτις), -εως, accusative -ιν, ἡ,
Syrtis, the name of two large sand-banks on the Libyan coast: Act.27:17.†
(AS)
Syrtis, the name of two large sand-banks on the Libyan coast: Act.27:17.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Syrtis
Dangerous shallow waters off the coast of Libya
Syrtis, a dangerous area of shallow waters off the coast of Libya, feared by sailors (Acts 27:17).
In the Bible
Strong G4950 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- quicksand1
First verses
- Acts 27:17Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Σύρτις,
genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος, also ιδος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 477)], ἡ: (σύρω):— the Syrtis, name of two large shallow gulfs on the coast of Libya, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32, 150, etc.)]
II metaphorically, destruction, ἄλλα δ᾽ ἄλλαν θραῦεν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 99, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Oralor” 3.41.163, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος, also ιδος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 477)], ἡ: (σύρω):— the Syrtis, name of two large shallow gulfs on the coast of Libya, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32, 150, etc.)]
II metaphorically, destruction, ἄλλα δ᾽ ἄλλαν θραῦεν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 99, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Oralor” 3.41.163, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]