Lexical Summary Kyrēnē: Cyrene, a city in N. Africa Original Word: ΚυρήνηTransliteration: Kyrēnē Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ray'-nay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Cyrene, a city in N. Africa Meaning: Cyrene -- a city in North Africa Strong's Concordance Cyrene. Of uncertain derivation; Cyrene, a region of Africa -- Cyrene. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2957: ΚυρήνηΚυρήνη, Κυρηνης, ἡ, Cyrene, a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 Roman miles from the sea. Among its inhabitants were great numbers of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought thither, and invested with the rights of citizens: Acts 2:10. (BB. DD., under the word). |
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