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Lexicon :: Strong's G3520 - nēsos

Aa
νῆσος
Transliteration
nēsos (Key)
Pronunciation
nay'-sos
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of ναῦς (G3491)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

νῆσος nēsos, nay'-sos; probably from the base of G3491; an island:—island, isle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G3520 in the following manner: island (6x), isle (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G3520 in the following manner: island (6x), isle (3x).

  1. an island

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νῆσος nēsos, nay'-sos; probably from the base of G3491; an island:—island, isle.
STRONGS G3520:
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).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
13:6; 27:26; 28:1; 28:7; 28:9; 28:11
Revelation
1:9; 6:14; 16:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3520 matches the Greek νῆσος (nēsos),
which occurs 33 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:10 -
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute:
The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 -
Jehovah reigneth; let the earth rejoice;
Let the multitude of isles be glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2 - Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:6 - Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 - Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10 - Sing unto Jehovah a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:12 - Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 - They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:22 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5 - My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 - For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - because of the day that cometh to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth: for Jehovah will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:38 - A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad over idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 - Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:18 - Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3 - and say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest at the entry of the sea, that art the merchant of the peoples unto many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, O Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6 - Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they brought thee in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35 - All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6 - And I will send a fire on Magog, and on them that dwell securely in the isles; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:18 - After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; yea, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11 - Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.
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