Lexicon :: Strong's G5184 - tyros
Τύρος
Transliteration
tyros
(Key)
Pronunciation
too'-ros
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G5184 in the following manner: Tyre (11x).
Tyre = "a rock"
a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean, very ancient, large, splendid, flourishing in commerce, and powerful by land and sea
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
STRONGS G5184:
Τύρος, Τύρου, ἡ (Hebrew צור or צֹר; from Aramaic טוּר, a rock), Tyre, a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean, very ancient, large, splendid, flourishing in commerce, and powerful by land and sea. In the time of Christ and the apostles it was subject to the Romans, but continued to possess considerable wealth and prosperity down to A.D. 1291. It is at present an obscure little place containing some five thousand inhabitants, part Mohammedans part Christians, with a few Jews (cf. Bädeker's Palestine, p. 425f; (Murray's, op. cit., p. 370f)). It is mentioned
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Matthew
- 11:21; 15:21
- Mark
- 3:8; 7:24
- Luke
- 6:17; 10:13
- Acts
- 21:3; 21:7
