Κνίδον

Knídos

Cnidus

Cnidus; the name of an ancient port city located on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), used as a proper geographic noun. Refers specifically to the Hellenistic city situated on a peninsula in Caria, known in antiquity as an important maritime and commercial center.

G2834

Acts 27:7 · Word #11

Lexicon G2834

LemmaΚνίδος
TransliterationKnídos
Strong'sG2834
DefinitionCnidus; the name of an ancient port city located on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), used as a proper geographic noun. Refers specifically to the Hellenistic city situated on a peninsula in Caria, known in antiquity as an important maritime and commercial center.

Morphology N ACC F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case ACC — Accusative — Direct object or extent
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

PhraseCnidus
LiteralCnidus

Lexical Info

LemmaΚνίδος
Strong'sG2834

SIBI-P1 Translation G2834-01

Cnidus

Morphological NotesNoun, feminine, singular, accusative (Gr,N,,,,,AFS); direct object form of a proper place name.
Rendering RationaleΚνίδον is the accusative singular form of the proper noun Κνίδος, referring to the historical port city in Caria. As a geographic proper name of foreign origin, it is faithfully rendered by transliteration into English as “Cnidus.”

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

Cnidus

Same as P1Yes
RationaleProper noun, transliteration as 'Cnidus' is correct according to SIBI guideline 5.