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G2957 Κυρήνη (Kyrḗnē)
Greek
Noun,Feminine
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Cyrene

Strong's Definition

Cyrene, a region of Africa

Derivation: of uncertain derivation;

KJV Usage: Cyrene

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Κυρήνη, 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: Act_2:10. (BB. DD., under the word).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Κυρήνη Kyrēnē 1x Cyrene, a city founded by a colony of Greeks, in Northern Africa, Act_2:10

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Κυρήνη , -ης , ἡ , Cyrene , a city in Libya: Act_2:10 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Κυρήνη [page 364] For the presence of a Jewish population in Cyrenaica see the decree set up at Berenice by the Jewish community in honour of the Roman governor, M. Tittius CIG III. 5361 ἔδοξε τοῖς ἄρχουσι τῷ πολιτεύματι τῶν ἐν Βερενίκῃ Ἰουδαίων κτλ .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

Κυρήνη Κυρήνη, ἡ, "Cyrene", a Greek colony in Africa, Hdt. : —the people were called Κυρηναῖοι, and the country ἡ Κυρηναία, id=Hdt.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

Κυρήνη, -ης, ἡ Cyrene, a city in Libya: Act.2:10.† (AS)

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