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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - Σκύθης
Σκύθης
G4658
Transliteration: Skýthēs
Pronunciation: skoo'-thace
Definition: Scythian
- Original: Σκύθης - Transliteration: Skuthes - Phonetic: skoo'-thace
- Definition: Scythian = "rude or rough"
1. a Scythian, an inhabitant of Scythia or modern day Russia
a. by the more civilised nations of antiquity the Scythians were regarded as the wildest of barbarians
- Origin: probably of foreign origin - TDNT entry: 14:27,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Probably of foreign origin; a Scythene or Scythian that is (by implication) a savage: - Scythian.