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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 - When they had traveled through the entire island [of Cyprus] as far as Paphos, they found a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:26 - but we must run [the ship] aground on some island.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:1 -

After we were safe [on land], we found out that the island was called [fn]Malta.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:7 -

In the vicinity of that place there were estates belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed and entertained us hospitably for three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:9 - After this occurred, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases were coming to him and being healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:11 -

At the end of three months we set sail on a ship which had wintered at the island, an Alexandrian ship with the [fn]Twin Brothers [Castor and Pollux] as its figurehead.

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I, John, your brother and companion in the [fn]tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos, [exiled there] because of [my preaching of] the word of God [regarding eternal salvation] and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:14 - The sky was split [separated from the land] and rolled up like a scroll, and every mountain and island were dislodged and moved out of their places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:20 - Then every island fled away, and no mountains could be found.
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