Strong's Lexicon
G2972 — Κῶς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2972 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Κῶς |
| Part of Speech: | Name Location |
| Etymology: | of uncertain origin |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | Kos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | koce` |
| Meaning: | 1. Cos, an island in the Mediterranean |
| KJV Renderings: | Cos |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Κώς, genitive Κῶ, ἡ, Cos (A. V. Coos) (now Stanco or Stanchio (which has arisen from a slurred pronunciation of ἐς ταν Κῶ (modern Greek) like Stambul from ἐς ταν πόλιν. (Hackett))), a small island of the Aegean Sea, over against the cities of Cnidus and Halicarnassus, celebrated for its fertility and especially for its abundance of wine and grain: Act 21:1, where for the Rec. Κῶν Griesbach (followed by subsequent editors) has restored Κῶ, as in 1Ma 15:23; see Matthiae, § 70 note 3; Winers Grammar, § 8, 2 a.; (Buttmann, 21 (19); WH’s Appendix, p. 157). Cf. Kuester, De Co insula, Halicarnassus 1833; ("but the best description is in Ross, Reisen nach Kos as above with (Halle, 1852)" (Howson); cf. Lewin, St. Paul, 2:96).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Κῶς (Cos)
Acts 21:1
- KJV: And it came to pass that after we were gotten from them and had launched we came with a straight course unto Coos and the following unto Rhodes and from thence unto Patara
- GK: ως δε εγένετο αναχθήναι ημάς αποσπασθέντας απ΄ αυτών ευθυδρομήσαντες ήλθομεν εις την Κων τη δε εξής εις την Ρόδον κακείθεν εις Πάταρα
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