Quick Definition
Συράκουσαι, ῶν, αἱ n.f. Syracuse
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
Syracuse, the capital of Sicily
Derivation: plural of uncertain derivation;
KJV Usage: Syracuse
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun-name, f. | -ῶν
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Συράκουσαι [so accented commonly (Chandler §§ 172, 175); but acc. to Pape, Eigennamen, 8. v., τκοῦσαι in Ptol. 3, 4, 9; 8,9, 4], τῶν, ai, Syracuse, a large maritime city of Sicily, having an excellent harbor and surrounded by a wall 180 stadia in length [so Strabo 6 p. 270; “but this statement exceeds the truth, the actual circuit being about 14 Eng. miles or 122 stadia” (Leake p. 279); see Dict. of Geogr. s. v. p. 1067]; now Siragosa: Acts XXVili. 12.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Συράκουσαι Syrakousai 1x
Syracuse, a celebrated city of Sicily, Acts 28:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Συράκουσαι, -ῶν, αἱ Syracuse: Ac 28:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Συράκουσαι (sometimes accented Συρακοῦσαι), ““ϑ'γγασιε," a town in E. Sicily (Ac 2813), The plur. form was due to its being both a citadel and a settlement in the valley (see Souter Lex. s.v.), but in late Greek the sing. } Συράκουσα is also found, perhaps owing to popular usage (see Psaltes Gr. p- 142). Συρία. The noun συρία is applied to ‘‘a Syrian cloth” in P Hib I. 51° (B.C. 245) ovplas λάμβανε ἑξ[αδρ]άχμους, ‘accept Syrian clothes at 6 drachmae”: see the editors’ note on 1.%, and cf. 26. 387 (B.c. 252-1), P Cairo Zen I. 59010 (c. B.C. 259). An interesting ex. of the private cult of the Συρία θεός in the Fayiim district is afforded by P Magd 2 (B.c. 222) (= Chrest. I. 101), where we hear of a soldier Μάχατας having erected a shrine in her honour, possibly, as Wilcken suggests, at the instigation of his foreign wife "Acta—* ἀνοικοδομήσαντος ἐν τῶι αὑτοῦ τόπωι ἱερὸν Συρίας Θεοῦ καὶ ᾿Αφροδίτης Βερενίκης. On the worship of the Syrian gods, see now U. Wilcken’s paper in Festgabe fiir Adolf Deissmann (Tiibingen, 1927), p. 1 ff.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Συράκουσαι (Surakousai) — Syracuse. Σῠράκουσαι [ᾱ], αἱ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect Σῠρήκουσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect Σῠράκοσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also Σῠράκοσσαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (Συράκουσσ- Papyrus, as also [Refs]: Σῠράκουσα, ἡ, [Refs 1st c.BC+], Συράκουσσα Hdn.Gr.[Refs 4th c.AD+]; Σῠράκοσα, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; also Σῠρακώ, οῦς, ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+].-- adjective Σῠρᾱκόσιος, α, ον, “Syracusan”, and as substantive a Syracusan, BMus.Cat.Coins Sicily [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Ionic dialect and poetry Σῠρηκόσιος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; a form Σῠρακόσσιος [Refs]; Σῠρακούσιος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Συρρακούσιος variant in [Refs 4th c.AD+]; feminine Σῠρᾰκοσσίς, γλῶσσα [Refs 4th c.AD+] —ἡ Συρακοσία [χώρα] the territory of S., [Refs 5th c.BC+], proverbial of luxurious living, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Σῠρᾱκοσεύς, έως, ὁ, [Refs 5th c.AD+]