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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - Διόσκουροι

Διόσκουροι

G1359

Transliteration: Dióskouroi

Pronunciation: dee-os'-koo-roy

Definition: Castor and Pollux


- Original: Διόσκουροι

- Transliteration: Dioskouroi

- Phonetic: dee-os'-koo-roy

- Definition:

1. Castor and Pollux, were the twin sons of Jupiter and Leda, and were regarded as the tutelary divinities of sailors

- Origin: from the alternate of G2203" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2203 and a form of the base of G2877" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2877

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From the alternate of G2203" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2203 and a form of the base of G2877" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2877; sons of Jupiter that is the twins Dioscuri: - Castor and Pollux.


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