Quick Definition
Samothrace
Biblical Persons & Places
Samothrace
Samothrace
A location only mentioned at Act.16.11;
only referred to as Samothrace (Σαμοθρᾴκη).
Strong's Definition
Samo-thrace (Samos of Thrace), an island in the Mediterranean
Derivation: from G4544 (Σάμος) and (Thrace);
KJV Usage: Samothracia
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Σαμοθρᾴκη (Σαμοθρᾴκη Rbez elz G (as here and there in secular authors; see Pape, Eigennamen, under the word); according to some 'height of Thrace', according to others 'Thracian Samos' (cf. Σάμος); other opinions see in Pape, the passage cited), Σαμοθρακης, ἡ, Samothrace, an island of the Aegean Sea, about 38 miles distant from the coast of Thrace where the river Hebrus empties into the sea (Pliny, h. n. 4, 12 (23)) (now Samothraki): Act_16:11.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Σαμοθρᾴκη Samothrakē 1x
Samothrace, an island in the northern part of the Aegean sea, Act_16:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Σαμοθρᾴκη
(-θράκη , BE ), -ης , ἡ ,
Samothrace , an island in the Ζgean: Act_16:11 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Σαμοθρᾴκη [page 568]
For the diphthong ᾳ in this place-name ( Act_16:11 ) see Meisterhans Gr . p. 64, 1.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
Σαμοθρᾴκη Σα^_μο-θρᾴκη, ionic -θρηίκη, ἡ, "Samothrace", an island near Thrace, the seat of the mysteries of the Cabiri, Hdt. :—the inhabitants were Σαμοθρήικες, id=Hdt. ; adj. Σα^μοθρᾴκιος, η, ον, ionic -θρηίκιος, η, ον, id=Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Σαμοθρᾴκη
(-θράκη, BE), -ης, ἡ
Samothrace, an island in the Ægean: Act.16:11.†
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