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Quicksands

Found only in Acts 27:17, the rendering of the Greek Syrtis. On the north coast of Africa were two localities dangerous to sailors, called the Greater and Lesser Syrtis. This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G4950
Greek
σύρτις · sýrtis

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

σύρτις

G4950
Transliteration
sýrtis
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

quicksands

Lexicon definition

a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e. the Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Quicksands

Found only in Acts 27:17, the rendering of the Greek Syrtis. On the north coast of Africa were two localities dangerous to sailors, called the Greater and Lesser Syrtis. The former of these is probably here meant. It lies between Tripoli and Barca, and near Cyrene. The Lesser Syrtis lay farther to the west.

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Quicksands

Found only in Acts 27:17, the rendering of the Greek Syrtis. On the north coast of Africa were two localities dangerous to sailors, called the Greater and Lesser Syrtis. The former of these is probably here meant. It lies between Tripoli and Barca, and near Cyrene. The Lesser Syrtis lay farther to the west.

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Acts 1

Acts 27:17

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