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G2957 Κυρήνη (Kyrḗnē)
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Quick Definition

Κυρήνη, ης, ἡ n.f. Cyrene

Strong's Definition

of uncertain derivation; Cyrene, a region of Africa

KJV Usage: Cyrene

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, f. | -ης

93.512 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Cyrene a city on the coast of north Africa

ACT 2:10

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Κυρήνη, -ns, 7, Cyrene, a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 Roman miles from the sea. Among its inhabitants were great aumbers of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought thither, and invested with the rights of citizens: Acts ii. 10. (BB. DD. 5. v.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Κυρήνη Kyrēnē 1x

Cyrene, a city founded by a colony of Greeks, in Northern Africa, Acts 2:10*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Κυρήνη, -ης, ἡ, Cyrene, a city in Libya: Ac 2:10.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Κυρήνη. For the presence of a Jewish population in Cyrenaica see the decree set up at Berenice by the Jewish community in honour of the Roman governor, M. Tittius—C/G III. 5361 ἔδοξε τοῖς ἄρχουσι TH πολιτεύματι τῶν ἐν Βερενίκῃ ᾿Ιουδαίων κτλ.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Κυρήνη (Kurēnē) — Cyrene. Cyrene , a Greek colony in Africa, [Refs 5th c.BC]: —;the people were called Κυρηναῖοι, and the country ἡ Κυρηναία, [Refs 5th c.BC] (Middle Liddel)

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