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Διόσκουροι Dioskouroi · G1359

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the twin gods

Διόσ-κουροι, -ων, οἱ; (Ion. and κοινή form of Att..., Διόσκοροι; Διός, genitive of Ζεύς + κόρος, a son), ; the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), twin sons of Zeus and Leda (RV, The Twin Brothers): Act.28:11.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

Δῐόσ-κοροι ; (the Attic dialect form, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 212), Ionic dialect and later Διόσκουροι, οἱ, the sons of Zeus, i. e. the twins of Leda, Castor and Polydeuces, []: -κούρων []; -κόρων []; II constellation named from them the Twins, []; III ={παρωτίδες}, []

Where it's used 1 time

Acts 28:11

Source: TBESG G1359; TFLSJ G1359

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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