Lexicon Suria: Syria, a region N. and East of Pal. Original Word: Συρία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Suria Phonetic Spelling: (soo-ree'-ah) Short Definition: Syria Definition: Syria, a great Roman imperial province, united with Cilicia. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin, perhaps related to TsorDefinitionSyria, a region N. and E. of Pal. NASB TranslationSyria (8).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4947: ΣυρίαΣυρία, Συρίας, ἡ, Syria; in the N. T. a region of Asia, bounded on the north by the Taurus and Amanus ranges, on the east by the Euphrates and Arabia, on the south by Palestine, and on the west by Phoenicia and the Mediterranean (cf. BB. DD. under the word ; Ryssel in Herzog edition 2, under the word Syrien; cf. also Ἀντιχεια, 1 and Δαμασκός): Matthew 4:24; Luke 2:2; Acts 15:23, 41; Acts 18:18; Acts 20:3; Acts 21:3; Galatians 1:21. (On the article with it cf. Winer's Grammar, § 18, 5 a.)
Strong's Syria. Probably of Hebrew origin (Tsor); Syria (i.e. Tsyria or Tyre), a region of Asia -- Syria. see HEBREW Tsor |
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