Kyrḗnios — G2958
G2958 · Greek — Κυρήνιος
Pronunciation: koo-ray'-nee-os
Definition
masculine proper noun
Cyrenius (i.e. Quirinus), a Roman
- afterward governor of Syria . While filling that office after Archelaus had been banished and Judaea had been reduced to a province of Syria, he made the enrolment mentioned in
Usually translated as
Cyrenius
Occurrences
Kyrḗnios occurs 1 time in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1)
- Luke 2:2 — (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius (Κυρηνίου) was governor of Syria.)
Strong's Lexicon — K