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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
113x 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

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Strong's Number G4947 matches the Greek Συρία (syria),
which occurs 113 times in 103 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (2Ki 6:11–Eze 16:57)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:11 - Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23 - And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:24 - And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:4 - If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5 - And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:14 - They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7 - And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:9 - So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:14 - So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:16 - So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17 - Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:18 - And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:3 - And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4 - And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:5 - (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:7 - Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17 - And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19 - And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:24 - So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:37 - In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:5 - Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:6 - At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:7 - So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:6 - Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 - And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:2 - Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:7 - And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:10 - And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:30 - Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:2 - Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5 - He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23 - And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:24 - For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:5 - Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:23 - For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 - [[To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.]] O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:12 - The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:57

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:57 - Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

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