Strong's G4950: σύρτις (sýrtis) Meaning

Quick Definition

Σύρτις, εως, ἡ n.f. Syrtis, quicksand

Biblical Persons & Places

Syrtis Syrtis

A location only mentioned at Act.27.17; only referred to as Syrtis (σύρτις).

Strong's Definition

a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e. the Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa

Derivation: from G4951 (σύρω);

KJV Usage: quicksands

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Σύρτις (G4950)

noun-name, f. | -εως

93.592 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

the Syrtis two shallow and treacherous Mediterranean gulfs along the north African coastline

ACT 27:17

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Σύρτις (Lachmann Σύρτις; cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 103; Chandler § 650), Συρτισεως, accusative Σύρτιν, ἡ (σύρω, which see (others from Arabicsert, i. e. 'desert'; others besides, see Pape, Eigennamen, under the word)), Syrtis, the name of two places in the African or Libyan Sea between Carthage and Cyrenaica, full of shallows and sandbanks, and therefore destructive to ships; the western Syrtis, between the islands Cercina and Meninx (or the promontories of Zeitha and Brachodes), was called Syrtis minor, the eastern (extending from the promontory of Cephalae on the Winers Grammar, to that of Boreum on the E.) was called Syrtis major (sinus Psyllicus); this latter must be the one referred to in Act_27:17, for upon this the ship in which Paul was sailing might easily be cast after leaving Crete. (Cf. B. D. under the word .)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Σύρτις Syrtis 1x

a shoal, sand-bank, a place dangerous on account of shoals, two of which were particularly famous on the northern coast of Africa, one lying near Carthage, and the other, the syrtis major, lying between Cyrene and Leptis, which is probably referred to in Acts 27:17*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Σύρτις (L, σῦρτις), -εως, acc. -ιν, ἡ, Syrtis, the name of two large sand-banks on the Libyan coast: Ac 27:17.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

σύρτις (surtis) — Syrtis. Σύρτις, genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος, also ιδος [Refs 2nd c.AD+], ἡ: (σύρω):— the Syrtis, name of two large shallow gulfs on the coast of Libya, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. metaphorically, destruction, ἄλλα δ᾽ ἄλλαν θραῦεν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

Σύρτις (L, σῦρτις), -εως, accusative -ιν, ἡ, Syrtis, the name of two large sand-banks on the Libyan coast: Act.27:17.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

27:17

G4950 σύρτις (sýrtis)