νῆσος nēsos · G3520
island
νῆσος, -ου, ὁ ; [in LXX for אִי ; ] ; an island: Act.13:6 27:26 28:1, 7 28:9, 11 Rev.1:9 6:14 16:20.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
νῆσος, ; Doric dialect νᾶσος, ἡ, island, []; ἐν τᾷ μεγάλᾳ Δωρίδι νάσῳ Πέλοπος, i.e. the Peloponnese, []; μακάρων νῆσοι, see at {μάκα; αἱ ν}. the islands of the Archipelago, []; καὶ πῶς γυνὴ.. νῆσον ἀμφιέννυτα; []: irregular genitive plural νησάων []; 2 land flooded by the Nile, []; opposed to ἤπειρος, []; νῆσοι ποταμοφόρητοι []; so of alluvial land in []
Where it's used 9 times
Acts 13:6 · Acts 27:26 · Acts 28:1 · Acts 28:7 · Acts 28:9 · Acts 28:11 · Revelation 1:9 · Revelation 6:14 · Revelation 16:20
Source: TBESG G3520; TFLSJ G3520
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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