Quick Definition
νῆσος, ου, ἡ n.f. an island
Strong's Definition
an island
Derivation: probably from the base of G3491 (ναῦς);
KJV Usage: island, isle
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ου | νησίον
1.66 · Geographical Objects and Features · Land in Contrast With the Sea
island an area of land completely surrounded by water In some languages an island can only be designated by a description, for example, ‘a small country in the sea’ or ‘some land surrounded by water.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νῆσος nēsos 9x
an island, Acts 13:6; 27:26
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νῆσος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX for אִי;]
an island: Ac 13:6 27:26 28:1, 7, 9, 11, Re 1:9 6:14 16:20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νῆσος. For this fem. subst. in -os, it is sufficient to cite P Petr IT. 28 1.9 (iii/B.c.) ἱερᾶς νήσου, BGU IV. 1031} (ii/A.p.) dpa μὴ ἀμελήσῃς τὸν ἁλοητὸν (“threshing”) τῆς νήσου. The word was used (in contrast to ἤπειρος, “‘high land”’) of land flooded by the Nile, and was so designated on account of the canals by which it was intersected (see Preisigke Fachwirter s.v.). In P Oxy VIII. 1r01* (A.p. 367-70) a Prefect gives orders that in certain circumstances a man should be deported to an island—totroy νῆσον οἰκῆσαι KeAet[w. For the form νῆσσον which is read in Ac 13° D, see Crénert Mem. Herc. p. 93, and for νησιῶτις used as an adj., see P Grenf II. 15%? (B.c. 139) γῆς νησιωτίδος. MGr νησί, ‘‘island.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νῆσος (nēsos) — island. νῆσος, Doric dialect νᾶσος, ἡ, island, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν τᾷ μεγάλᾳ Δωρίδι νάσῳ Πέλοπος, i.e. the Peloponnese, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μακάρων νῆσοι, see at {μάκα; αἱ ν}. the islands of the Archipelago, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ πῶς γυνὴ.. νῆσον ἀμφιέννυτα; [Refs 4th c.BC+]: irregular genitive plural νησάων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2. land flooded by the Nile, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; opposed to ἤπειρος, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; νῆσοι ποταμοφόρητοι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so of alluvial land in [Refs]