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Lexicon :: Strong's G2957 - kyrēnē

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Κυρήνη
Transliteration
kyrēnē (Key)
Pronunciation
koo-ray'-nay
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Κυρήνη Kyrḗnē, koo-ray'-nay; of uncertain derivation; Cyrene, a region of Africa:—Cyrene.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2957 in the following manner: Cyrene (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2957 in the following manner: Cyrene (1x).

  1. Cyrene = "supremacy of the bridle"

    1. a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 miles (17 km) from the sea. Among its inhabitants were a great number of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought there, and invested with the right of citizens

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Κυρήνη Kyrḗnē, koo-ray'-nay; of uncertain derivation; Cyrene, a region of Africa:—Cyrene.
STRONGS G2957:
Κυρήνη, Κυρηνης, ἡ, Cyrene, a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 Roman miles from the sea. Among its inhabitants were great numbers of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought thither, and invested with the rights of citizens: Acts 2:10. (BB. DD., under the word).
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Acts
2:10

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Strong's Number G2957 matches the Greek Κυρήνη (kyrēnē),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:10 - Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, G2957 and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
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