G5508 – Chios – Χίος Chios

Strong’s ID:
G5508
Greek Word:
Χίος
Transliteration:
Chios
Pronunciation:
khee’-os
Part of Speech:
noun proper locative
Usage Count:
1
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Find “Chios” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of uncertain derivation; Chios, an island in the Mediterranean:—Chios.

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

Chios = “snowy”
1) is an island in the Aegean, between Samos and Lesbos, not far from the shore of Lydia

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.