GREEK · G5403
Φοινίκη
Phoinikē — Phoenicia
φοινίκη, -ης, ἡ Phænicia: Act.11:19 15:3 21:2 (see DB, iii, 856b, 857a.n).† (AS)
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Phoenicia
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.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1168
בַּעַל
ba.al — Baal
§ Baal = "lord" esp. lord, specif. as divine name, Baal supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites
70 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6865
צֹר
tsor — Tyre
§ Tyre or Tyrus = "a rock" the Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast
26 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6721
צִידוֹן
tsi.don — Sidon
A man of the Canaanites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.15; son of: Canaan (H3667); brother of: Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Sidon = "hunting" ancient Phoenician city, on Mediterranean coast north of Tyre
18 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4432
מֹ֫לֶךְ
mo.lekh — Molech
§ Molech = "king" the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6253
עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת
ash.to.ret — Ashtoreth
A female deity in the time of the Old Testament, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.5, also known as Astarte § Ashtoreth = "star" the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility 1a) also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4949
Συροφοίνισσα
Surophoinissa — Syrophoenician
Συροφοινίκισσα (Rec. -φοίνισσα), -ης, ἡ a Syropænician woman: Mrk.7:26, WH, txt., RV (cf. ἡ Φοινίκη Συρία, Diod., 19, 93).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2462
חֶלְבָּה
chel.bah — Helbah
§ Helbah = "fertile" a town of Asher, probably on the plain of Phoenicia not far from Sidon
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6500
ἀποτέμνω
apotemnō — to shred
1. to cut off, sever , (Iliad by Homer), attic:—;Pass., τὴν γλῶτταν ἀποτμηθείς having his tongue cut out , (Aeschines Orator) 2. to sever, divide , in a geographical sense, (Herdotus Historicus):—;Pass., of troops, to be cut off from the main body, (Xenophon Historicus) 3. Mid. to cut off for oneself , (Iliad by Homer); with genitive to cut off a bit of a thing, (Herdotus Historicus) 4. to cut off , so as to appropriate , βοῦς (Homeric Hymns); Φοινίκης ἀπ. to have a slice or portion of Phoenicia, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); ἀπ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων to cut off power from the Athenians, (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1380
גְּבַל
ge.val — Gebal
§ Gebal = "mountain" a maritime town of Phoenicia near Tyre (modern 'Jebeil') known to the Greeks as 'Byblus'
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(Acts 21:2). (See PHENICIA.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.