Dictionary
Search the dictionary or encyclopedia
Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - Κυρήνη
Κυρήνη
G2957
Transliteration: Kyrḗnē
Pronunciation: koo-ray'-nay
Definition: Cyrene
- Original: Κυρήνη - Transliteration: Kurene - Phonetic: koo-ray'-nay
- Definition: Cyrene = "supremacy of the bridle"
1. a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 miles (17 km) from the sea. Among its inhabitants were a great number of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought there, and invested with the right of citizens
- Origin: of uncertain derivation - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Location - Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; Cyrene a region of Africa: - Cyrene.