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G1337 διθάλασσος (dithálassos)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

between two seas

Strong's Definition

having two seas, i.e. a sound with a double outlet

Derivation: from G1364 (δίς) and G2281 (θάλασσα);

KJV Usage: where two seas meet

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

διθάλασσος, διθάλασσον (δίς and θάλασσα) 1. resembling (or forming) two seas: thus of the Euxine Sea, Strabo 2, 5, 22; Dionysius Periegetes, 156. 2. lying between two seas, i. e. washed by the sea on both sides (Dio Chrysostom 5, p. 83): τόπος διθάλασσος, an isthmus or tongue of land, the extremity of which is covered by the waves, Act_27:41; others understand here a projecting reef or bar against which the waves dash on both sides; in opposition cf. Meyer at the passage (In Clement. hom., p. 20, Dressel edition (Ep. Petr. ad Jacob. § 14), men ἀλογιστοι καί ἐνδοιαζοντες περί τῶν τῆς ἀληθείας ἐπαγγελματων are allegorically styled τόποι διθαλασσοι δέ καί θηριωδεις.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

διθάλασσος dithalassos 1x surrounded on both sides by the sea; τόπος διθάλασσος , a shoal or sand-bank formed by the confluence of opposite currents, Act_27:41

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† διθάλασσος , -ον (δις , θύλασσα ); 1. divided into two seas (as the Euxine, Strab ., ii, 522). 2. dividing the sea: τόπον δ ., a tongue of land, or reef, running out into the sea: Act_27:41 .†

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

διθάλασσος (adj di-qalass os_on ) (adj di-qalatt os_on attic ) [Etym: θάλασσα] "between two seas, where two seas meet", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

διθάλασσος, -ον (δις, θύλασσα); __1. divided into two seas (as the Euxine, Strab., ii, 522). __2. dividing the sea: τόπον δ., a tongue of land, or reef, running out into the sea: Act.27:41.† (AS)

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