Strongs Number: G2957
- Greek Word
- Κυρήνη
- Transliteration
- Kurēnē
- Phonetic
- koo-ray'-nay
- Part of Speech
- Noun Location
- Strongs Definition
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Cyrene a region of Africa
- Thayers Definition
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Cyrene = "supremacy of the bridle"
1. a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 miles (17 km) from the sea. Among its inhabitants were a great number of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought there, and invested with the right of citizens
- Origin
- Of uncertain derivation
- Bible Usage
- Cyrene.