Strong's Greek: 3520. νῆσος (nésos) -- an island

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nésos: an island

Original Word: νῆσος, ου, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: nésos
Phonetic Spelling: (nay'-sos)
Short Definition: an island
Definition: an island.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
an island
NASB Translation
island (9).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 3520: νῆσος

νῆσος, νήσου, ὁ (νεώ, to swim, properly, 'floating land'), an island: Acts 13:6; Acts 27:26; Acts 28:1, 7, 9, 11; Revelation 1:9; Revelation 6:14; Revelation 16:20. (the Sept. for אִי; (from Homer down).)

Strong's

island, isle.

Probably from the base of naus; an island -- island, isle.

see GREEK naus