STRONGS G1359:
Διόσκουροι (Phrynichus prefers the form
Διόσκοροι; in earlier Attic the dual
τὼ Διοσκόρω was more usual, cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 235),
-ων,
οἱ, (from
Διός of Zeus, and
κοῦρος; or
κόρος, boy, as
κόρη, girl),
Dioscuri, the name given to Castor and [(Polydeuces, the Roman)] Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda, tutelary deities of sailors:
Acts 28:11 [R. V. The Twin Brothers; cf.
B. D. under the word Castor and Pollux].
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