Kyrēnaios · Cyrenian

What it means

Kyrēnaios (Κυρηναῖος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Cyrenian”.

From Cyrene, a city in North Africa.

How to say it

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

1. From a city of North Africa.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Cyrene ×4
• Cyrenian ×1
• Cyrenians ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Acts×3

• Matthew 27:32

  As they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross.

• Mark 15:21

  And they compel a passerby, a certain Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

• Luke 23:26

  And as they led him away, they seized a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the country, and put the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.

• Acts 6:9

  But some of those from the synagogue called that of the Freedmen and of Cyrenians and of Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up, arguing with Stephen.

• Acts 11:20

  But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, coming to Antioch, were speaking also to the Hellenists, announcing the good news of the Lord Jesus.

• Acts 13:1

  Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.