GREEK · G9753
χοῦς
chous — a coos
a coos, a measurement of liquid (Lev.19.36)
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Coos
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
(written Cos in the R.V.), a small island, one of the Sporades in the Aegean Sea, in the north-west of Rhodes, off the coast of Caria. Paul on his return from his third missionary journey, passed the night here after sailing from Miletus (Acts 21:1). It is now called Stanchio.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.