φοῖνιξ: Difference between revisions

|txtha=(or, as [[some]] [[prefer]] to [[write]] it, [[φοῖνιξ]]; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 6,1c.; (and references [[under]] the [[word]] [[κῆρυξ]])), κηρικος, ὁ; I. as an appellative, a [[palm]]-[[tree]] (from Homer down; the Sept. for תָּמָר): τά [[βαΐα]] τῶν φοιν. ([[see]] [[βάϊον]]), the branches of the palmtrees, φοίνικες itself (A. V. palms) is [[put]] for the branches in [[Aristotle]], magn. mor. § 34, p. 1196{a}, 36)). II. a [[proper]] [[name]], [[Phoenix]], a [[city]] and [[haven]] of [[Crete]] (B. D. ([[especially]] Amos edition) [[under]] the [[word]] Phenice): Acts 27:12.