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Syracuse
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Syracuse
Syracuse
A location only mentioned at Act.28.12;
only referred to as Syracuse (Συράκουσαι).
Strong's Definition
Syracuse, the capital of Sicily
Derivation: plural of uncertain derivation;
KJV Usage: Syracuse
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Συράκουσαι (so accented commonly (Chandler §§ 172, 175); but according to Pape, Eigennamen, under the word, Συράκουσαι in Ptolemy, 3, 4, 9; 8, 9, 4), Συρακουσων, αἱ, Syracuse, a large maritime city of Sicily, having an excellent harbor and surrounded by a wall 180 stadia in length (so Strabo 6, p. 270; "but this statement exceeds the truth, the actual circuit being about 14 English miles or 122 stadia" (Leake, p. 279); see Dict. of Geogr. under the word, p. 1067b); now Siragosa: Act_28:12.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Συράκουσαι Syrakousai 1x
Syracuse, a celebrated city of Sicily, Act_28:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Συράκουσαι , -ῶν , αἱ ,
Syracuse: Act_28:12 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Συράκουσαι [page 616]
Συράκουσαι (sometimes accented Συρακοῦσαι ), Syracuse, a town in E. Sicily ( Act_28:12 ). The plur. form was due to its being both a citadel and a settlement in the valley (see Souter Lex. s.v .), but in late Greek the sing. ἡ Συράκουσα is also found, perhaps owing to popular usage (see Psaltes Gr . p. 142).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
Συράκουσαι Συ^ρά_κουσαι, ῶν, αἱ, ionic Συρήκουσαι, doric Συράκοσαι, and Συ^ράκοσσαι, "Syracuse", Hdt. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ionic Συρήκουσαι, doric Συράκοσαι, and Σῦράκοσσαι, Syracuse , (Herdotus Historicus), etc. (ML)