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Surtis <a href="../greek/4951.htm" title="4951">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Surtis: Syrtis</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">Σύρτις</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Surtis<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>SOOR-tis<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(soor'-tis)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Syrtis<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Syrtis, a quicksand off the coast of North Africa.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek verb σύρω (syro), meaning "to drag" or "to sweep."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "Surtis," as it is a specific geographical term related to the Mediterranean Sea, which is not directly referenced in the Hebrew Bible.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "Surtis" refers to a dangerous sandbank or quicksand, specifically the Syrtis Major and Syrtis Minor, which are two large gulfs on the northern coast of Africa, known for their treacherous sandbars and shoals. In the New Testament, it is used to describe a perilous maritime hazard.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The Syrtis Major and Syrtis Minor were infamous among ancient mariners for their shifting sands and shallow waters, which posed significant risks to ships. These areas were located off the coast of modern-day Libya and were well-known in antiquity as dangerous regions to navigate. The fear of being caught in these sandbanks was a common concern for sailors traveling the Mediterranean Sea.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/4951.htm">suró</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>"shoal," Syrtis, the name of two large sandbanks on the Lybian coast<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Syrtis (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4950: Σύρτις</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">Σύρτις</span></span> (Lachmann <span class="greek2">Σύρτις</span>; cf. <span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> Proleg., p. 103; <span class="abbreviation">Chandler</span> § 650), <span class="greek2">Συρτισεως</span>, accusative <span class="greek2">Σύρτιν</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">σύρω</span>, which see (others from Arabic<span class="latin">sert</span>, i. e. 'desert'; others besides, see <span class="abbreviation">Pape</span>, Eigennamen, under the word)), <span class="accented">Syrtis,</span> the name of two places in the African or Libyan Sea between Carthage and Cyrenaica, full of shallows and sandbanks, and therefore destructive to ships; the western Syrtis, between the islands Cercina and Meninx (or the promontories of Zeitha and Brachodes), was called <span class="accented">Syrtis minor,</span> the eastern (extending from the promontory of Cephalae on the <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, to that of Boreum on the E.) was called <span class="accented">Syrtis major</span> (sinus Psyllicus); this latter must be the one referred to in <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-17.htm">Acts 27:17</a>, for upon this the ship in which Paul was sailing might easily be cast after leaving Crete. (Cf. <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> under the word <TOPIC:Quicksands>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>quicksands, Syrtis<p>From <a href="/greek/4951.htm">suro</a>; a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e. The Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa -- quicksands. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4951.htm">suro</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Συρτιν Σύρτιν Surtin Syrtin Sýrtin<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/27-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 27:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/27.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τὴν <b>Σύρτιν</b> ἐκπέσωσιν χαλάσαντες</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that they might run aground <span class="itali">on [the shallows] of Syrtis,</span> they let down<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into <span class="itali">the quicksands,</span> strake<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/27-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the <span class="itali">sandbars of Syrtis</span> they should fall having lowered<p><b><a href="/greek/4950.htm">Strong's Greek 4950</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4950.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/surtin_4950.htm">Σύρτιν — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4949.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4949"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4949" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4951.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4951"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4951" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>