The Syrtis

(Acts 27:17) in the Revised Version in place of "quicksands" in the Authorized Version. It was the well-known Syrtis Major , the terror of all Mediterranean sailors. "It is a dangerous shallow on the coast of Africa, between Tripoli and Barca, southwest of the island of Crete." The other Syrtis Syrtis Minor , was too far west to be feared by Paul's fellow voyagers. --ED.

4950. Surtis -- "shoal," Syrtis, the name of two large sandbanks ...
... "shoal," Syrtis, the name of ... Word Origin from suro Definition "shoal," Syrtis, the
name of two large sandbanks on the Lybian coast NASB Word Usage Syrtis (1). ...
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"Three Years Ago, Sulpitius, at which Time, Leaving this ...
... Our destination was Alexandria; but as the south wind was against us, we were almost
driven upon the Syrtis; [85] the cautious sailors, however, guarding ...
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Acts xxvi. 30-32
... [1158] Rather, "on the Syrtis" (eis ten Surtin.) There were two shoals on the coast
of Africa, called by this name, the Syrtis Major and the Syrtis Minor. ...
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Monnulus of Girba Said: "The Truth of Our Mother...
... Footnotes: [1643] Girba, formerly Meninx (Lotophagitis), an island to the
south-east of the Lesser Syrtis belonged to church province of Tripolis. For Bp. ...
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Acts XXVII
... And fearing lest they should fall into the Syrtis, [561] they lowered the sail,
and so were driven." It was just as they were rounding Cape Matala, and ...
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