Strong's Concordance Dioskouroi: the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux) Original Word: Διόσκουροι, ων, οἱPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Dioskouroi Phonetic Spelling: (dee-os'-koo-roy) Definition: the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux) Usage: the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus and Leda, and patrons of sailors. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom Dios (see diopetés) and pl. of kouros (boy) Definition the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux) NASB Translation Twin brothers (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1359: ΔιόσκουροιΔιόσκουροι (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 Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Castor and Pollux. From the alternate of Zeus and a form of the base of korasion; sons of Jupiter, i.e. The twins Dioscuri -- Castor and Pollux. see GREEK Zeus see GREEK korasion Forms and Transliterations Διοσκουροις Διοσκούροις Dioskourois DioskoúroisLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
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