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G3033 Λιβύη (Libýē)

Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

Λιβύη, ης, ἡ n.f. Libya, Africa

Strong's Definition

Libye, a region of Africa

Derivation: probably from G3047 (λίψ);

KJV Usage: Libya

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, f. | -ης

93.517 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Libya a district in 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

Λιβύη, -ης, ἡ. Libya, a large region of northern Africa, bordering on Egypt. In that portion of it which had Cyrene for its capital and was thence called Libya Cyrenaica (ἡ πρὸς Κυρήνην Λιβύη, Joseph. antt. 16, 6, 1; 4 A. ἡ κατὰ Κυρήνην [4- v-], Acts ii. 10) dwelt many Jews (Joseph. antt. 14, 7,2; 16, 6,1; b.j. 7,11; 6. Apion. 2, 4 [where cf. Miiller’s notes]): Acts ii. 10.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Λιβύη Libyē 1x

Libya, a part of Africa, bordering on the west of Egypt, Acts 2:10*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Λιβύη, -ης, ἡ, Libya: Ac 2:10.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Λιβύη (Libuē) — Libya. Λῐβύη [ῠ], ἡ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; the west bank of the Nile, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— adverb Λῐβύηθεν, from Libya, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—also Λῐβύηθε, Doric dialect Λῐβῠ-ᾱθε, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— adjective Λῐβῠκός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λ. ὄρνεον, i.e. a strange, foreign bird, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λ. λόγοι a kind of fables resembling those of Aesop, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, western, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ={δυτικός}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

Libya, the north part of Africa west of Egypt, (Odyssey by Homer); in later writers also for the whole Continent (ML)

Bible Occurrences (1)

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