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Lexicon :: Strong's G4947 - syria

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Συρία
Transliteration
syria (Key)
Pronunciation
soo-ree'-ah
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of Hebrew origin צֹר (H6865)
mGNT
8x in 2 unique form(s) TR
8x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
112x in 4 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Συρία Syría, soo-ree'-ah; probably of Hebrew origin (H6865); Syria (i.e. Tsyria or Tyre), a region of Asia:—Syria.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G4947 in the following manner: Syria (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G4947 in the following manner: Syria (8x).

  1. Syria = "exalted"

    1. a region of Asia bounded on the north by Taurus and Amanus ranges, on the east by the Euphrates and Arabia, on the south by Palestine, and the west by Phoenicia and the Mediterranean

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Συρία Syría, soo-ree'-ah; probably of Hebrew origin (H6865); Syria (i.e. Tsyria or Tyre), a region of Asia:—Syria.
STRONGS G4947:
Συρία, Συρίας, ἡ, Syria; in the N. T. a region of Asia, bounded on the north by the Taurus and Amanus ranges, on the east by the Euphrates and Arabia, on the south by Palestine, and on the west by Phoenicia and the Mediterranean (cf. BB. DD. under the word ; Ryssel in Herzog edition 2, under the word Syrien; cf. also Ἀντιχεια, 1 and Δαμασκός): Matthew 4:24; Luke 2:2; Acts 15:23, 41; Acts 18:18; Acts 20:3; Acts 21:3; Galatians 1:21. (On the article with it cf. Winer's Grammar, § 18, 5 a.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:24
Luke
2:2
Acts
15:23; 15:41; 18:18; 20:3; 21:3
Galatians
1:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4947 matches the Greek Συρία (syria),
which occurs 112 times in 102 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 28:6–2Ki 6:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:6 - Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - After Jacob came from Paddan Aram,[fn] he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:9 - After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram,[fn] God appeared to him again and blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15 - These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,[fn] besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - As I was returning from Paddan,[fn] to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - Then you shall declare before the LORD your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - The anger of the LORD burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim,[fn] to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10 - The Spirit of the LORD came on him, so that he became Israel’s judge[fn] and went to war. The LORD gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - So the five men left and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living in safety, like the Sidonians, at peace and secure. And since their land lacked nothing, they were prosperous.[fn] Also, they lived a long way from the Sidonians and had no relationship with anyone else.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - They answered, “Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t hesitate to go there and take it over.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5 - When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:6 - He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought tribute. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 - When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as the king of Maakah with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maakah were by themselves in the open country.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 - Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11 - Joab said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to come to my rescue; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:13 - Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:15 - After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16 - Hadadezer had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River; they went to Helam, with Shobak the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:17 - When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan and went to Helam. The Arameans formed their battle lines to meet David and fought against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18 - But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers.[fn] He also struck down Shobak the commander of their army, and he died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - When all the kings who were vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with the Israelites and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:8 - While your servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: ‘If the LORD takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.[fn]’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[fn] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:18 - Asa then took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and of his own palace. He entrusted it to his officials and sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:15 - The LORD said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - The junior officers under the provincial commanders went out first. Now Ben-Hadad had dispatched scouts, who reported, “Men are advancing from Samaria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20 - and each one struck down his opponent. At that, the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-Hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with some of his horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:21 - The king of Israel advanced and overpowered the horses and chariots and inflicted heavy losses on the Arameans.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:22 - Afterward, the prophet came to the king of Israel and said, “Strengthen your position and see what must be done, because next spring the king of Aram will attack you again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:23 - Meanwhile, the officials of the king of Aram advised him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they were too strong for us. But if we fight them on the plains, surely we will be stronger than they.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:26 - The next spring Ben-Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:27 - When the Israelites were also mustered and given provisions, they marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped opposite them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:28 - The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29 - For seven days they camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle was joined. The Israelites inflicted a hundred thousand casualties on the Aramean foot soldiers in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:1 - For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:3 - The king of Israel had said to his officials, “Don’t you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:11 - Now Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had made iron horns and he declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:12 - All the other prophets were prophesying the same thing. “Attack Ramoth Gilead and be victorious,” they said, “for the LORD will give it into the king’s hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31 - Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - All day long the battle raged, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2 - Now bands of raiders from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:5 - “By all means, go,” the king of Aram replied. “I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents[fn] of silver, six thousand shekels[fn] of gold and ten sets of clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8 - Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in such and such a place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:9 - The man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Beware of passing that place, because the Arameans are going down there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:11 - This enraged the king of Aram. He summoned his officers and demanded of them, “Tell me! Which of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

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