G4946 – Surakousai – Συράκουσαι – Syracuse
- Strong’s ID:
- G4946
- Greek Word:
- Συράκουσαι
- Transliteration:
- Surakousai
- Pronunciation:
- soo-rak’-oo-sahee
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper locative
- Usage Count:
- 1
- Search:
- Find “Surakousai” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
plural of uncertain derivation; Syracuse, the capital of Sicily:—Syracuse.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
Syracuse = “a Syrian hearing”
1) a large maritime city of Sicily, having an excellent harbour and surrounded by a 14 mile (23 km) wall
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.