4946. Surakousai
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Surakousai: Syracuse, a large maritime city of Sicily
Original Word: Συράκουσαι, ῶν, αἱ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: Surakousai
Phonetic Spelling: (soo-rak'-oo-sahee)
Short Definition: Syracuse
Definition: Syracuse.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
Syracuse, a large maritime city of Sicily
NASB Translation
Syracuse (1).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 4946: Συράκουσαι

Συράκουσαι (so accented commonly (Chandler §§ 172, 175); but according to Pape, Eigennamen, under the word, Συράκουσαι in Ptolemy, 3, 4, 9; 8, 9, 4), Συρακουσων, αἱ, Syracuse, a large maritime city of Sicily, having an excellent harbor and surrounded by a wall 180 stadia in length (so Strabo 6, p. 270; "but this statement exceeds the truth, the actual circuit being about 14 English miles or 122 stadia" (Leake, p. 279); see Dict. of Geogr. under the word, p. 1067b); now Siragosa: Acts 28:12.



Strong's
Syracuse.

Plural of uncertain derivation; Syracuse, the capital of Sicily -- Syracuse.

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