Κρής
Krēs · Cretan
Greek word · Strong’s number G2912 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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Krēs (Κρής) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Cretan”.
A person from the island of Crete.
How to say it
Krēs
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A native of the large island south of the Aegean Sea.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Acts 2:11
both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs: we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty works of God.”
- Titus 1:12
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”