King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2957
Transliteration: Kyrēnē
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ray'-nay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Cyrene, a city in N. Africa
Meaning: Cyrene -- a city in North Africa
Κυρήνη, Κυρηνης, ἡ, Cyrene, a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 Roman miles from the sea. Among its inhabitants were great numbers of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought thither, and invested with the rights of citizens: Acts 2:10. (BB. DD., under the word).
Word Summary
Kyrēnē: Cyrene, a city in N. Africa
Original Word: ΚυρήνηTransliteration: Kyrēnē
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ray'-nay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Cyrene, a city in N. Africa
Meaning: Cyrene -- a city in North Africa
Strong's Concordance
Cyrene. Of uncertain derivation; Cyrene, a region of Africa -- Cyrene.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2957: ΚυρήνηΚυρήνη, Κυρηνης, ἡ, Cyrene, a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 Roman miles from the sea. Among its inhabitants were great numbers of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought thither, and invested with the rights of citizens: Acts 2:10. (BB. DD., under the word).