Word Origin
from Dios (see diopetés) and pl. of kouros (boy)
Definition
the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux)
NASB Translation
Twin brothers (1).

STRONGS NT 1359: Διόσκουροι

Διόσκουροι (Phrynichus prefers the form Διόσκοροι; in earlier Attic the dual τῷ Διοσκόρω was more usual, cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 235), Διοσκορων, οἱ (from Διός of Zeus, and κοῦρος; or κόρος, boy, as κόρη, girl), Dioscuri, the name given to Castor and ((Polydeuces, the Roman)) Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda, tutelary deities of sailors: Acts 28:11 (R. V. The Twin Brothers; cf. B. D. under the word ).

Forms and Transliterations

Διοσκουροις Διοσκούροις Dioskourois Dioskoúrois

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