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Strong's #5508 - Χίος
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Chios = "snowy"
- is an island in the Aegean, between Samos and Lesbos, not far from the shore of Lydia
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Χίος [ῐ], ἡ,
Chios, Od. 3.170, Hdt. 1.142, etc.: sts. with Art., Th. 8.15, 28, 38, 99, 101. [ Χῖον ἐς ἀμφιρύτην is dub. in Simon. [119]; but Χῖος is found IG 2.3412.]
Χίος, Χίου, ἡ, Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea, between Samos and Lesbos, not far from the shore of Lydia: Acts 20:15.
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χίος , -ου , ἡ ,
Chios, an island in Ægean Sea: Acts 20:15.†
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";an egg"; (Luke 11:12) (for form, Blass-Debrunner § 26). An interesting ex. of this common word is afforded by P Oxy I. 83.8 (A.D. 327), the declaration by an egg-seller that he will not sell eggs except in the public market— ὁμολογῶ. . . τὴν διάπρασίν μοι τῶν ὀῶν (l. ᾠῶν) ποιήσασθαι ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγορᾶς δημοσίᾳ. Other exx. are P Petr III, 142.3 (an account-Ptol.) ὠιά, P Oxy IX. 1207.10 (A.D. 175–6?) ᾠῶν ἑκατόν, P OxyX. 1339 (account of expenses—iii/A.D.) ὑπ (ὲρ) τι (μῆς) λαχάνων καὶ ᾠῶν (δρ.) τ ̄, P Oxy VI. 936.8 (iii/A.D.) κλουίον (for κλουβίον or κλωβίον) ᾠῶν π ̄, ";a basket of 80 eggs,"; and for the dim. ὠάριον, see BGU III. 781v. 6 (i/A.D.).
For the use of eggs in magic see P Osl 1.140 (iv/A.D.) τὰ ἀνόμιμα ᾠὰ ̣ θύεται, ";the lawless eggs are sacrificed,"; with the editor’s note.
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