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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - Κολοσσαί
Κολοσσαί
G2857
Transliteration: Kolossaí
Pronunciation: kol-os-sah'-ee
Definition: Colosse
- Original: Κολοσσαί - Transliteration: Kolossai - Phonetic: kol-os-sah'-ee κολοσσός kolossos (colossal); Colossae a place in Asia Minor: - Colosse.
- Definition: Colosse = "monstrosities"
1. anciently a large and flourishing city, but in Strabo's time a small town of Phrygia Major situated on the Lycus not far from its junction with the Maeander and in the neighbourhood of Laodicea and Hierapolis
- Origin: "apparently feminine plural of kolossos ("colossal")" - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Location - Strong's: Apparently feminine plural of