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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2914 - Κρήτη

Transliteration

Krḗtē

Phonetics

kray'-tay

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's
Crete = "fleshy"

the largest and most fertile island of the Mediterranean archipelago or Aegean Sea, now the modern Candia

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Acts 4

Titus 1

BSB (5)

Acts 4

Titus 1

CSB (5)

Acts 4

Titus 1

ESV (5)

Acts 4

Titus 1

KJV (5)

Acts 4

Titus 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

Acts 4

Titus 1

N95 (5)

Acts 4

Titus 1

NAS (5)

Acts 4

Titus 1

NLT (5)

Acts 5

Titus 3

WEB (5)

Acts 4

Titus 1

YLT (5)

Acts 4

Titus 1

ASV (5)

along crete 1

crete 2

of crete 1

the lee of crete 1

BSB (5)

crete 2

in crete 1

of crete 2

CSB (5)

crete 5

ESV (5)

crete 5

KJV (5)

crete 5

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

crete 5

N95 (5)

crete 5

NAS (5)

crete 5

NLT (5)

crete 4

there 1

WEB (5)

along crete 1

crete 2

of crete 1

the lee of crete 1

YLT (5)

crete 4

of crete 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

ANT

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

BEZ

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

BGB

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

BMT

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

BYZ

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

ELZ

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

NA26

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

SBL

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

SCV

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

STV

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

TIS

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-ASF-L 2

N-DSF-L 1

N-GSF-L 2

TRG

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

Κρήτη, ἡ,

Crete, Il. 2.649, etc.: pl., Κρητάων εὐρειάων Od. 14.199, 16.62:

Κρήτηθεν or κρῆς-θε, from Crete, Il. 3.233, Q.S. 5.35 [*], Porph. Abst. 2.21:

Κρήτηνδε to Crete, Od. 19.186.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

Κρήτη, Κρήτης, ἡ, Crete, the largest and most fertile island of the Mediterranean archipelago or Aegean Sea, now called Candia: Acts 27:7, 12f, 21; Titus 1:5. (Dict. of Geog. or McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, under the word.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Κρήτη , -ης , ἡ ,

Crete: Acts 27:7; Acts 27:12-13; Acts 27:31, Titus 1:5.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

Κρητη Κρήτῃ Κρητην Κρήτην Κρητης Κρήτης Krete Krētē Krḗtei Krḗtēi Kreten Krētēn Krḗten Krḗtēn Kretes Krētēs Krḗtes Krḗtēs