χερσόνησος
Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς Αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον → For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, later χερρόνησος, poet. χερόνησος (q. v.), Dor. χερσόνᾱσος SIG709.52 (ii B. C.), χέρνασος (q. v.):—
A peninsula, Hdt. 4.12, Th.6.97, Str.16.2.10, Plu.Pyrrh.6, etc. 2 island with a bridge to it, Paus.5.24.1. II as pr. n., of various peninsulas, esp. 1 the Chersonese, i.e. the peninsula of Thrace that runs along the Hellespont, Hdt.6.33. 2 the Tauric Chersonese or Crimea, Id.4.99, etc. 3 the peninsula between Epidaurus and Troezen, Th.4.42.
