Τύρος, Τύρου, ἡ (Hebrew φεψ or φΙψ; from Aramaic θεΜψ, a rock), Tyre, a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean, very ancient, large, splendid, flourishing in commerce, and powerful by land and sea. In the time of Christ and the apostles it was subject to the Romans, but continued to possess considerable wealth and prosperity down to A.D. 1291. It is at present an obscure little place containing some five thousand inhabitants, part Mohammedans part Christians, with a few Jews (cf. Bädeker's Palestine, p. 425f; (Murray's, op. cit., p. 370f)). It is mentioned Act_21:3; Act_21:7, and (in company with Sidon) in Mat_11:21; Mat_15:21; Luk_6:17; Luk_10:13; Mar_3:8; Mar_7:24 (where T omits; Tr marginal reading WH brackets καί Σιδῶνος), 31. (BB. DD.)

Τύρος Tyros 11x Tyre, a celebrated and wealthy commercial city of Phoenicia, Mat_11:21 ; Mat_15:21 ; Mar_7:24 ; Act_21:3 ; Act_21:7 . See PhotoGuide.

Τύρος , -ου , ἡ , Tyre , a maritime city of Phζnicia: Mar_7:31 , Act_21:3; Act_21:7 ; Τ . κ , Σιδών , Mat_11:21-22 ; Mat_15:21 , Mar_3:8 ; Mar_7:24 , Luk_6:17 ; Luk_10:13-14 .†

Τύρος Τύρος, ἡ, "Tyre", in Phoenicia, Hdt. , etc.

Τύρος, -ου, ἡ Tyre, a maritime city of Phænicia: Mrk.7:31, Act.21:3, 7; Τ. κ, Σιδών, Mat.11:21-22 15:21, Mrk.3:8 7:24, Luk.6:17 10:13-14.† (AS)