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Lexicon :: Strong's G3520 - nēsos

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νῆσος
Transliteration
nēsos (Key)
Pronunciation
nay'-sos
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of ναῦς (G3491)
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Strong’s Definitions

νῆσος nēsos, nay'-sos; probably from the base of G3491; an island:—island, isle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G3520 in the following manner: island (6x), isle (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G3520 in the following manner: island (6x), isle (3x).

  1. an island

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νῆσος nēsos, nay'-sos; probably from the base of G3491; an island:—island, isle.
STRONGS G3520:
νῆσος, νήσου, ὁ (νεώ, to swim, properly, 'floating land'), an island: Acts 13:6; Acts 27:26; Acts 28:1, 7, 9, 11; Revelation 1:9; Revelation 6:14; Revelation 16:20. (the Sept. for אִי; (from Homer down).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
13:6; 27:26; 28:1; 28:7; 28:9; 28:11
Revelation
1:9; 6:14; 16:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3520 matches the Greek νῆσος (nēsos),
which occurs 33 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 - These are the tribes of the sons of Noe, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were [fn]the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:10 - (LXX 71:10) The kings of Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba shall offer gifts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 - (LXX 96:1) For David, when his land is established. The Lord reigns, let the earth exult, let many islands rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - And they that dwell in this island shall say in that day, Behold, we trusted to flee to them for help, who could not save themselves from the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be saved?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2 - To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phœnice, passing over the sea

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:6 - Depart ye to Carthage; howl, ye that dwell in this island.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 - Therefore shall the glory of the Lord be in the isles of the sea; the name of the Lord shall be glorious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - Hold a feast to me, ye islands: for the princes shall renew their strength: let them draw nigh and speak together: then let them declare judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10 - Sing a new hymn to the Lord: ye who are his dominion, glorify his name from the end of the earth: ye that go down to the sea, and sail upon it; the islands, and they that dwell in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:12 - They shall give glory to God, and shall proclaim his praises in the islands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 - All that are opposed to him shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall walk in shame: ye isles, [fn]keep a feast to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Hearken to me, ye islands; and attend, ye Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, saith the Lord: from my mother's womb he has called my name:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:22 - Thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lift up mine hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and shall bear thy daughters on their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5 - My righteousness speedily draws nigh, and my salvation shall go forth [fn]as light, and on mine arm shall the Gentiles trust: the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - The isles have waited for me, and the ships of Tharsis among the first, to bring thy children from afar, and their silver and their gold with them, and that for the sake of the holy name of the Lord, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - And I will leave a sign upon them, and I will send forth them that have escaped of them to the nations, to Tharsis, and Phud, and Lud, and Mosoch, and to Thobel, and to Greece, and to the isles afar off, to those who have not heard my name, nor seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 - For go to the isles of the Chettians, and see; and send to Kedar, and observe accurately, and see if such things have been done;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - (LXX 38:10) Hear the words of the Lord, ye nations, and proclaim them to the islands afar off; say, He that scattered Israel will also gather him, and keep him as one that feeds his flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - (LXX 29:4) in the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines: and I will utterly destroy Tyre and Sidon, and all the rest of their allies: for the Lord will destroy the remaining inhabitants of the islands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:38 - (LXX 27:38) and they shall be ashamed: for it is a land of graven images; and in the islands, where they boasted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 - (LXX 27:39) Therefore shall idols dwell in the islands, and the young of monsters shall dwell in it: it shall not be inhabited any more for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - For thus saith the Lord God to Sor; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, while the wounded are groaning, while they have drawn a sword in the midst of thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:18 - And the isles shall be alarmed at the day of thy fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3 - and thou shalt say to Sor that dwells at the entrance of the sea, to the mart of the nations coming from many islands, Thus saith the Lord to Sor; Thou hast said, I have clothed myself with my beauty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6 - They made thine oars of wood out of the land of Basan; thy sacred utensils they made of ivory, thy shady houses of wood from the isles of Chetiim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt supplied thy couch, to put honour upon thee, and to clothe thee with blue and purple from the isles of Elisai; and they became thy coverings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - The sons of the Rhodians were thy merchants; from the islands they multiplied thy merchandise, even elephants' teeth: and to them that came in thou didst return thy prices,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35 - All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over thee, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6 - And I will send a fire upon Gog, and the islands shall be securely inhabited: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:18 - And he shall turn his face to the islands, and shall take many, and cause princes to cease from their reproach: nevertheless his own reproach shall return to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11 - The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, even all the islands of the nations.
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