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Kurénaios <a href="../greek/2957.htm" title="2957">►</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">Kurénaios: Cyrenian</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">Κυρηναῖος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Kurénaios<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>koo-ray-nah'-yos<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(koo-ray-nah'-yos)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Cyrenian<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>belonging to Cyrene, a Cyrenaean.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From Κυρήνη (Kyrēnē), a city in North Africa<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "Kurénaios," as it is a term specific to the Greek context of the New Testament. However, the concept of foreigners or those from distant lands is present in various Hebrew terms describing Gentiles or non-Israelites.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "Kurénaios" refers to an inhabitant or native of Cyrene, a prominent city in the region of Cyrenaica in North Africa. In the New Testament, it is most notably used to describe Simon of Cyrene, who was compelled to carry the cross of Jesus.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Cyrene was a Greek colony located in present-day Libya. It was a significant center of commerce and culture in the ancient world, known for its intellectual and philosophical contributions. The Jewish community in Cyrene was substantial, and many Cyrenians were present in Jerusalem during major Jewish festivals, such as Passover. This cultural exchange is evident in the New Testament, where Cyrenians are mentioned among the early Christian believers.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2957.htm">Kuréné</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>of Cyrene<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Cyrene (5), Cyrenians (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 2956: Κυρηναῖος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">Κυρηναῖος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">Κυρηναίου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (<span class="greek2">Κυρήνη</span>, which see), <span class="accented">a Cyrenaean</span> (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <a href="/interlinear/acts/6-9.htm">Acts 6:9</a>) <span class="accented">Cyrenian</span>), <span class="accented">a native of Cyrene</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/27-32.htm">Matthew 27:32</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/15-21.htm">Mark 15:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/23-26.htm">Luke 23:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/6-9.htm">Acts 6:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/11-20.htm">Acts 11:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-1.htm">Acts 13:1</a>. ((<span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span>, others.))<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>of Cyrene, Cyrenian. <p>From <a href="/greek/2957.htm">Kurene</a>; i.e. Cyrenaean, i.e. Inhabitant of Cyrene -- of Cyrene, Cyrenian. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2957.htm">Kurene</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Κυρηναιοι Κυρηναῖοι Κυρηναιον Κυρηναῖον Κυρηναιος Κυρηναῖος Κυρηναιων Κυρηναίων Kurenaioi Kurēnaioi Kurenaion Kurēnaion Kurēnaiōn Kurenaios Kurēnaios Kyrenaioi Kyrenaîoi Kyrēnaioi Kyrēnaîoi Kyrenaion Kyrenaíon Kyrenaîon Kyrēnaion Kyrēnaiōn Kyrēnaíōn Kyrēnaîon Kyrenaios Kyrenaîos Kyrēnaios Kyrēnaîos<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/matthew/27-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 27:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/27.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εὗρον ἄνθρωπον <b>Κυρηναῖον</b> ὀνόματι Σίμωνα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a man <span class="itali">of Cyrene</span> named<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a man <span class="itali">of Cyrene,</span> Simon<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/27-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> they found a man <span class="itali">of Cyrene</span> by name Simon<p><b><a href="/text/mark/15-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 15:21</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τινα Σίμωνα <b>Κυρηναῖον</b> ἐρχόμενον ἀπ'</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Simon <span class="itali">of Cyrene</span> (the father<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Simon <span class="itali">a Cyrenian,</span> who passed by,<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/15-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> one Simon <span class="itali">of Cyrene</span> coming from<p><b><a href="/text/luke/23-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 23:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/23.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Σίμωνά τινα <b>Κυρηναῖον</b> ἐρχόμενον ἀπ'</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Simon <span class="itali">of Cyrene,</span> coming<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> one Simon, <span class="itali">a Cyrenian,</span> coming out of<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/23-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Simon a certain <span class="itali">of Cyrene</span> coming from<p><b><a href="/text/acts/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 6:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Λιβερτίνων καὶ <b>Κυρηναίων</b> καὶ Ἀλεξανδρέων</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [including] both <span class="itali">Cyrenians</span> and Alexandrians,<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">Cyrenians,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Freedmen and <span class="itali">of Cyrenians</span> and of Alexandrians<p><b><a href="/text/acts/11-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 11:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural">N-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Κύπριοι καὶ <b>Κυρηναῖοι</b> οἵτινες ἐλθόντες</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Cyprus <span class="itali">and Cyrene,</span> who<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">Cyrene,</span> which,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/11-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Cyprians and <span class="itali">Cyrenians</span> who having come<p><b><a href="/text/acts/13-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 13:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Λούκιος ὁ <b>Κυρηναῖος</b> Μαναήν τε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and Lucius <span class="itali">of Cyrene,</span> and Manaen<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and Lucius <span class="itali">of Cyrene,</span> and Manaen,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Lucius the <span class="itali">Cyrenian</span> Manaen also<p><b><a href="/greek/2956.htm">Strong's Greek 2956</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2956.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kure_naio_n_2956.htm">Κυρηναίων — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kure_naioi_2956.htm">Κυρηναῖοι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kure_naion_2956.htm">Κυρηναῖον — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kure_naios_2956.htm">Κυρηναῖος — 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/2955.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2955"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2955" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2957.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2957"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2957" /></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>