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Συρία

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French (Bailly abrégé)

1ας (ἡ) :
la Syrie.
Étymologie: Σύριος.
2ας (ἡ) :
Syria (Syros), une des Cyclades.
Étymologie: Babiniotis : du phén. Tyr.

English (Strong)

probably of Hebrew origin (צֹר); Syria (i.e. Tsyria or Tyre), a region of Asia: Syria.

English (Thayer)

Συρίας, ἡ, Syria; in the N. T. a region of Asia, bounded on the north by the Taurus and Amanus ranges, on the east by the Euphrates and Arabia, on the south by Palestine, and on the west by Phoenicia and the Mediterranean (cf. BB. DD. under the word <TOPIC:Syria>; Ryssel in Herzog edition 2, under the word Syrien; cf. also Ἀντιχεια, 1and Δαμασκός): Winer's Grammar, § 18,5a.)