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G5405 Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix)
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Quick Definition

Φοῖνιξ, ικός, ἡ n.m. Phoenix

Strong's Definition

probably the same as 5404; Phoenix, a place in Crete

KJV Usage: Phenice

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, m. | -ικος

93.607 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Phoenix a seaport on the south coast of Crete

ACT 27:12

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

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Φοῖνιξ Phoinix 1x

Phoenix, Phoenice, a city, with a harbor, on the southeast coast of Crete, Acts 27:12*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

φοῖνιξ (on the accent, v. Bl., § 4, 2; WM, § 6, lc), -ικος, ὁ,

[in LXX for תָּמָר,תֹּמֶר,תִּמֹּרָה;]

the date-palm, palm: τὰ βαΐα τῶν φ., Jo 12:13; of palm branches, φοίνικες (as Arist., II Mac 10:7, al.), Re 7:9.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

φοῖνιξ, “a palm tree” (Jn 121%), or the fruit of a palm tree “dates”: cf. P Hal I. 7° (B.c. 232) αἴτησον 8... ὥστε eis [ξέϊνια φοίνικας, P Amh II. 318 (B.c. 112) τόπους περιειλημμένους els φυτείαν φοινίκων, ‘‘ pieces of land which had been enclosed for the purpose of growing palms” (Edd.), and so 15, BGU IV. 1095% (A.D. 57) περὶ δὲ τοῦ φοίνικος παλαιὸν οὐχ εὕραμεν, ‘as regards the dates, we did not find any old,” P Ryl II. 172!" (a.D. 208) φοίνικος μονοξύλου, ‘‘dates on single stems” (Edd.), and P Flor I. 50? (division of property—A.b. 268) σὺν τοῖς ἐ[νοῦσι φοί]νιξι kal φυτοῖς. Related words are φοινικών, “ἃ palm garden”’ (P Tebt II. 343°—ii/A.D.), φοινίκινος, ‘‘made of palm-wood

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Φοῖνιξ (Phoinix) — Phoenix. φοῖνιξ, -ικος, ο, ἡ Phænix, a city of Crete: Act.27:12.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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