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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.