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Island

Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.

GREEK · G3520

νῆσος

nēsos — island

νῆσος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for אִי ;] an island: Act.13:6 27:26 28:1, 7 28:9, 11 Rev.1:9 6:14 16:20.† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3794

כִּתִּי

kit.ti — Kittim

Someone descended from Kittim of the Greeks, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; descended from Javan (H3120); along with Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659) and Dodanim (H1721) § Chittim or Kittim = "bruisers" 1) a general term for all islanders of the Mediterranean Sea 2) the descendants of Javan, the son of Japheth and grandson of Noah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3731

כַּפְתּוֹר

kaph.tor — Caphtor

§ Caphtor = "a crown" the original home of the Philistines, perhaps on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, maybe in Egypt or close by, or more probably on the island of Crete (TWOT) the island of Crete, homeland or staging area of the Philistines

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GREEK · G2972

Κώς

Kōs — Cos

Κῶς genitive Κῶ, ἡ, Cos, an island in the Ægean Sea: accusative Κῶ, Act.21:1 (Κῶν, Rec.).† (AS)

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GREEK · G3519

νησίον

nēsion — small island

νησίον, -ου, τό (dimin. of νῆσος), = νησίς (Hdt., Thuc., al.) a small island: Act.27:16.† (AS)

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GREEK · G4543

Σαμοθρᾴκη

Samothrakē — Samothrace

Σαμοθρᾴκη (-θράκη, BE), -ης, ἡ Samothrace, an island in the Ægean: Act.16:11.† (AS)

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GREEK · G5508

Χίος

Chios — Chios

χίος, -ου, ἡ Chios, an island in Ægean Sea: Act.20:15.† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2609

חָנֵס

cha.nes — Hanes

§ Hanes = "grace has fled" a place in Egypt, site uncertain but may be either of the following 1a) Tahpanhes, a fortified town on the eastern frontier 1b) a place in lower Egypt, on an island in the Nile south of Memphis

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GREEK · G7636

ἥρως

hērōs — hero

1. a hero, in (Homer) used of the Greeks before Troy, then of warriors generally; and then of all free men of the heroic age, as the minstrel Demodocus, the herald Mulius, even the unwarlike Phaeacians. 2. in (Hesiod) the blessed heroes are the fourth age of men, who fell before Thebes and Troy, and then passed to the Islands of the Blest. 3. heroes, as objects of worship, demigods or men born from a god and a mortal, as Hercules, Aeneas, Memnon, (Herdotus Historicus); then of such as had done great services to mankind, as Daedalus, Triptolemus, Theseus, [variant datesAnthology Palantina 4. later, the heroes are inferior local deities , patrons of tribes, cities, guilds, founders of cities, etc.; as at Athens, the ἥρωες ἐπώνυμοι were the heroes after whom the φυλαί were named , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8514

ὀμφαλός

omphalos — anavel

1. the navel , Lat. umbilicus, (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. anything central (like a navel) : 3. the knob or boss in the middle of the shield, Lat. umbo, (Iliad by Homer) 4. a button or knob on the horse's yoke to fasten the reins to, (Iliad by Homer) 5. in plural the knobs at each end of the stick round which books were rolled , Lat. umbilici, (Lucian) 6. the centre or middle point , as the island of Calypso is the ὀμφαλός of the sea, (Odyssey by Homer); and Delphi (or rather a round stone in the Delphic temple) was called ὀμφαλός as marking the middle point of Earth , (Pindar), etc. (ML)

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GREEK · G8649

πάρεξ

parex — besides

1. as preposition, 2. with genitive loci, outside, before , παρὲκ λιμένος (Odyssey by Homer); παρὲξ ὁδοῦ out of the road, (Iliad by Homer) 3. like χωρίς, besides, except, exclusive of , παρὲξ τοῦ ἀργύρου (Herdotus Historicus) 4. with accusative out by the side of, along side of , παρὲξ ἅλα (Iliad by Homer); παρὲξ τὴν νῆσον away from the island, (Odyssey by Homer); παρὲξ δοῦρα out of the way of spears, (Odyssey by Homer); παρὲκ νόον out of sense and reason, foolishly, (Iliad by Homer); παρὲξ Ἀχιλῆα without the knowledge of Achilles, (Iliad by Homer) 5. as adverb, 6. of Place, out beside , στῆ δὲ παρέξ hard by , (Iliad by Homer); νῆχε παρέξ was swimming out along shore , (Odyssey by Homer) 7. metaphorically beside the mark , παρὲξ ἀγορεύειν (Iliad by Homer) 8. ἄλλα παρὲξ μεμνώμεθα let us talk of something else , (Odyssey by Homer); παρὲξ ἢ ὅσον except so long as, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

(Heb. ‘i, “dry land,” as opposed to water) occurs in its usual signification (Isa. 42:4, 10, 12, 15, comp. Jer. 47:4), but more frequently simply denotes a maritime region or sea-coast (Isa. 20:6, R.V.,” coastland;” 23:2, 6; Jer. 2:10; Ezek. 27:6, 7). (See CHITTIM.) The shores of the Mediterranean are called the “islands of the sea” (Isa. 11:11), or the “isles of the Gentiles” (Gen. 10:5), and sometimes simply “isles” (Ps. 72:10); Ezek. 26:15, 18; 27:3, 35; Dan. 11:18).

Scripture references

Isaiah 42:4Isaiah 42:10Isaiah 42:12Isaiah 42:15Jeremiah 47:4Isaiah 20:6Jeremiah 2:10Ezekiel 27:6Ezekiel 27:7Isaiah 11:11Genesis 10:5Psalms 72:10Ezekiel 26:15Ezekiel 26:18Daniel 11:18

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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