Word Summary
Rhodos: Rhodes, an island in the Mediterranean
Original Word: ῬόδοςTransliteration: Rhodos
Phonetic Spelling: (hrod'-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Rhodes, an island in the Mediterranean
Meaning: Rhodes -- an island in the Mediterranean
Strong's Concordance
Rhodes.
Probably from rhodon (a rose); Rhodus, an island of the Mediterranean -- Rhodes.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4499: ῬόδοςῬόδος,
ῤόδου,
ἡ,
Rhodes ((cf.
Pape, Eigennamen, under the word)), a well-known island of the Cyclades opposite Caria and Lycia, with a capital of the same name:
Acts 21:1. ((From
Homer down); 1 Macc. 15:23.)