ΚΥΡΗΝΙΟΥ, κυρηνιου
KYRĒNIOU, kyrēniou
Sounds Like: koo-RAY-nee-oo
Translations: of Cyrenius, of Quirinius
From the root: ΚΥΡΗΝΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun referring to Cyrenius, also known as Quirinius, who was a Roman governor of Syria. The word is used to indicate possession or association with him, often in the context of a census or registration that occurred during his governorship.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2958 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Luke — 2:2
Justin Martyr
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 2:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΥΡΗΝΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΥΡΗΝΙΟΣ — Cyrenian, of Cyrene, a Cyrenian
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