Quick Definition
an island
Strong's Definition
an island
Derivation: probably from the base of G3491 (ναῦς);
KJV Usage: island, isle
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νῆσος, νήσου, ὁ (νεώ, to swim, properly, 'floating land'), an island: Act_13:6; Act_27:26; Act_28:1; Act_28:7; Act_28:9; Act_28:11; Rev_1:9; Rev_6:14; Rev_16:20. (the Sept. for ΰΔι; (from Homer down).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νῆσος nēsos 9x
an island, Act_13:6 ; Act_27:26
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νῆσος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX for H339 ;]
an island: Act_13:6 ; Act_27:26 ; Act_28:1 ; Act_28:7 ; Act_28:9 ; Act_28:11 Rev_1:9 ; Rev_6:14 ; Rev_16:20 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νῆσος [page 426]
νῆσος .
For this fem, subst. in -ος , it is sufficient to cite P Petr II. 28 vii. 9 (iii/B.C.) ἱερᾶς νήσου , BGU IV. 1031 .12 (ii/A.D.) ὅρα μὴ ἀμελήσῃς τὸν ἁλοητὸν ( threshing ) τῆς νήσου . The word was used (in contrast to ἤπειρος , high land ) of land flooded by the Nile, and was so designated on account of the canals by which it was intersected (see Preisigke Fachwφrter s.v. ). In P Oxy VIII. 1101 .24 (A.D. 367 70) a Prefect gives orders that in certain circumstances a man should be deported to an island τοῦτον νῆσον οἰκῆσαι κελεύ [ω . For the form νῆσσον which is read in Act_13:6 D, see Crφnert Mem, Herc. p. 93, and for νησιῶτις used as an adj., see P Grenf II. 15 ii. 2 (B.C. 139) γῆς νησιωτίδος . MGr νησί , island.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
νῆσος νῆσος, doric νᾶσος, ἡ, "an island", Lat. insula, Hom. , Hes. , etc.; ἐν τᾷ μεγάλᾳ Δωρίδι νάσῳ Πέλοπος, i. e. in Peloponnese, Soph. ; μακάρων νῆσοι, v. sub μάκαρ. [Etym: Perhaps from νέω "to swim", as if "floating land."]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
νῆσος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for אִי ;]
an island: Act.13:6 27:26 28:1, 7 28:9, 11 Rev.1:9 6:14 16:20.†
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