Lexical Summary Samothrakē: "Samos of Thrace", Samothrace, an island in the Aegean Original Word: ΣαμοθρᾴκηTransliteration: Samothrakē Phonetic Spelling: (sam-oth-rak'-ay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: "Samos of Thrace", Samothrace, an island in the Aegean Meaning: Samothrace -- "Samos of Thrace", an island in the Aegean Strong's Concordance Samothracia. From Samos and Thraike (Thrace); Samo-thrace (Samos of Thrace), an island in the Mediterranean -- Samothracia. see GREEK Samos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4543: ΣαμοθρᾴκηΣαμοθρᾴκη (Σαμοθρᾴκη Rbez elz G (as here and there in secular authors; see Pape, Eigennamen, under the word); according to some 'height of Thrace', according to others 'Thracian Samos' (cf. Σάμος); other opinions see in Pape, the passage cited), Σαμοθρακης, ἡ, Samothrace, an island of the Aegean Sea, about 38 miles distant from the coast of Thrace where the river Hebrus empties into the sea (Pliny, h. n. 4, 12 (23)) (now Samothraki): Acts 16:11. |
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