Syría — G4947

Definition

locative proper noun

Syria (i.e. Tsyria or Tyre), a region of Asia

1. in the N. T. a region of Asia, bounded on the north by the Taurus and Amanus ranges, on the east by the Euphrates and Arabia, on the south by Palestine, and on the west by Phoenicia and the Mediterranean

Usually translated as

Syria

Origin

probably of Hebrew origin (H6865)

Hebrew equivalents

• Tsôr (H6865)

Occurrences

Syría occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (1), Acts (5), Galatians (1)

• Matthew 4:24 — And his fame went throughout all Syria (Συρίαν): and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
• Luke 2:2 — (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria (Συρίας).)
• Acts 15:23 — And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria (Συρίαν) and Cilicia:
• Acts 15:41 — And he went through Syria (Συρίαν) and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
• Acts 18:18 — And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria (Συρίαν), and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
• Acts 20:3 — And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria (Συρίαν), he purposed to return through Macedonia.
• Acts 21:3 — Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria (Συρίαν), and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
• Galatians 1:21 — Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria (Συρίας) and Cilicia;