Dioskouroi Διόσκουροι
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| Διόσκουροι | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | Dioskouroi |
| Strong's number | G1359 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | title |
| Gloss | the twin gods |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Dioskouroi (Greek Διόσκουροι, Strong's G1359) is a title in the New Testament, glossed “the twin gods”. It occurs 1 time.
Definition
Διόσ-κουροι, -ων, οἱ
(Ion. and κοινή form of Att..., Διόσκοροι; Διός, genitive of Ζεύς + κόρος, a son),
the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), twin sons of Zeus and Leda (RV, The Twin Brothers): Act.28:11.†
(AS)
(Ion. and κοινή form of Att..., Διόσκοροι; Διός, genitive of Ζεύς + κόρος, a son),
the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), twin sons of Zeus and Leda (RV, The Twin Brothers): Act.28:11.†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | pollux (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | it had the twin brothers (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Dioskouroi, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 28:11And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).