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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 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:6 - Afterward they traveled from town to town across the entire island until finally they reached Paphos, where they met a Jewish sorcerer, a false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:26 - But we will be shipwrecked on an island.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:1 - Once we were safe on shore, we learned that we were on the island of Malta.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:7 - Near the shore where we landed was an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and treated us kindly for three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:9 - Then all the other sick people on the island came and were healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:11 - It was three months after the shipwreck that we set sail on another ship that had wintered at the island—an Alexandrian ship with the twin gods[fn] as its figurehead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:9 - I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:14 - The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:20 - And every island disappeared, and all the mountains were leveled.
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