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Κνίδος

Knídos

G2834 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

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.

Semantic Range

Cnidus (the city in Caria, Asia Minor), port city in southwestern Asia Minor; geographical location

Root / Etymology

The name Κνίδος is of pre-Greek or foreign origin; not transparently derived from a native Greek root. Its form in Greek is an adaptation of the locality's indigenous or Anatolian name.

Historical & Contextual Notes

Κνίδος appears in the New Testament only in Acts 27:7, as a stop on Paul's maritime journey. The city was well known in the Hellenistic and Roman periods for its medical school, temple to Aphrodite, and as an important port. The name functions exclusively as a toponym—a place name—with no wider metaphorical or cultural sense in Greek literature. In Greek sources (Herodotus, Strabo), Κνίδος refers specifically to this Carian city and never to a people or an abstract concept. In English Bibles, the place is usually transliterated and not translated; occasionally rendered as "Cnidus" following the Latinized form. As a proper name, the semantic range does not extend beyond the geographic entity.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

probably of foreign origin; Cnidus, a place in Asia Minor:--Cnidus.

Root Family

uncertain (bótrys) — proper name, personal name

Root uncertain proper name, place name, city
Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
G1009 βότρυς clusters
G1050 Γάϊος to Gaius
G1055 γαλήνη calm stillness
G108 Ἄζωτος Ashdod
G1148 Δαλμανουθά of Dalmanoutha

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G2834-01 Κνίδον knidon N ACC F SG Cnidus Cnidus Cnidus 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G2834-01 Acts 27:7 Κνίδον knidon N ACC F SG Cnidus Cnidus Cnidus
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