νῆσος
nēsos · island
Greek word · Strong’s number G3520 · appears 9 times in the Bible
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nēsos (νῆσος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “island”.
How to say it
nē·sos
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
- Land surrounded by water on every side.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
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Where it appears
- Acts 13:6
And going through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-Jesus,
- Acts 27:26
But we must run aground on some island.”
- Acts 28:1
And having been brought safely through, then we learned that the island was called Malta.
- Acts 28:7
Now in the parts around that place there were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and hosted us kindly for three days.
- Acts 28:9
And when this had happened, the rest on the island who had diseases also were coming and being healed.
- Acts 28:11
And after three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, with the emblem of the Dioscuri.
- Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother and partner in the affliction and kingdom and endurance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
- Revelation 6:14
And the sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved from their places.
- Revelation 16:20
And every island fled, and mountains were not found.