Strong's Lexicon

G1337

G1337 — διθάλασσος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekdithalassosadjectiveOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1337
Word:διθάλασσος
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from G1364 and G2281
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:dithalassos
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:dee-thal'-as-sos
Meaning:1. having two seas, i.e. a sound with a double outlet
KJV Renderings:where two seas meet

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

διθάλασσος, διθάλασσον (δίς and θάλασσα)

1. resembling (or forming) two seas: thus of the Euxine Sea, Strabo 2, 5, 22; Dionysius Periegetes, 156.

2. lying between two seas, i. e. washed by the sea on both sides (Dio Chrysostom 5, p. 83): τόπος διθάλασσος, an isthmus or tongue of land, the extremity of which is covered by the waves, Act 27:41; others understand here a projecting reef or bar against which the waves dash on both sides; in opposition cf. Meyer at the passage (In Clement. hom., p. 20, Dressel edition (Ep. Petr. ad Jacob. § 14), men ἀλογιστοι καί ἐνδοιαζοντες περί τῶν τῆς ἀληθείας ἐπαγγελματων are allegorically styled τόποι διθαλασσοι δέ καί θηριωδεις.)

Englishman's Greek Concordance

διθάλασσος (where two seas meet)

Acts 27:41

KJV: And falling into a place where two seas met they ran the ship aground and the forepart stuck fast and remained unmoveable but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves
GK: περιπεσόντες δε εις τόπον διθάλασσον επώκειλαν την ναύν και η μεν πρώρα ερείσασα έμεινεν ασάλευτος η δε πρύμνα ελύετο υπό της βίας των κυμάτων
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