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Lexicon :: Strong's G2972 - kōs

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Κῶς
Transliteration
kōs (Key)
Pronunciation
koce
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain origin
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Κώς Kṓs, koce; of uncertain origin; Cos, an island in the Mediterranean:—Cos.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2972 in the following manner: Coos (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2972 in the following manner: Coos (1x).

  1. Coos = "a public prison"

    1. a small island of the Aegean Sea, over against the cities of Cnidus and Halicarnassus, celebrated for its fertility and esp. for its abundance of wine and corn

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Κώς Kṓs, koce; of uncertain origin; Cos, an island in the Mediterranean:—Cos.
STRONGS G2972:
Κώς, genitive Κῶ, ἡ, Cos (A. V. Coos) (now Stanco or Stanchio (which has arisen from a slurred pronunciation of ἐς ταν Κῶ (modern Greek) like Stambul from ἐς ταν πόλιν. (Hackett))), a small island of the Aegean Sea, over against the cities of Cnidus and Halicarnassus, celebrated for its fertility and especially for its abundance of wine and grain: Acts 21:1, where for the Rec. Κῶν Griesbach (followed by subsequent editors) has restored Κῶ, as in 1 Macc. 15:23; see Matthiae, § 70 note 3; Winers Grammar, § 8, 2 a.; (Buttmann, 21 (19); WH's Appendix, p. 157). Cf. Kuester, De Co insula, Halicarnassus 1833; ("but the best description is in Ross, Reisen nach Kos as above with (Halle, 1852)" (Howson); cf. Lewin, St. Paul, 2:96).
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Acts
21:1

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Strong's Number G2972 matches the Greek Κῶς (kōs),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Now when we had parted from them and had set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos G2972 and the next day to Rhodes and from there to Patara;

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