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σύρτις
Transliteration
surtis;
Pronunciation
soor'-tis
Parts of Speech
n pr f
Root Word (Etymology)
from 4951
KJV Translation Count — 1x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: quicksands (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. Syrtis, the name of two places in the African or Libyan Sea between Carthage and Cyrenaicia, full of shallows and sandbanks, and therefore destructive to ships; the western Syrtis, between the islands Cercina and Meninx or the promontories of Zeitha and Brachodesa, was called Syris minor, the eastern (extending from the promontories of Cephalae on the west to that of Boreum on the east) was called Syris major; this latter must be the one referred to in Acts 27:17, for upon this the ship in which Paul was sailing might easily be cast after leaving Crete
Strong's Definitions
soor'-tis; from (4951) (σύρω); a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e. the Syrtis Major or great bay on the North coast of Africa: — quicksands.
Concordance Results Using KJV
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the G4950, strake sail, and so were driven.