GREEK · G4544
Σάμος
Samos — Samos
Σάμος, -ου, ἡ Samos, an island in the Ægean: Act.20:15.† (AS)
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Samos
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GREEK · G7824
καταβόσκω
kataboskō — to graze upon
to feed flocks upon or in a place, Lat. depascere, χὠ τὰν Σαμίαν καταβόσκων the shepherd of Samos, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
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An island in the AEgean Sea, which Paul passed on his voyage from Assos to Miletus (Acts 20:15), on his third missionary journey. It is about 27 miles long and 20 broad, and lies about 42 miles south-west of Smyrna.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.