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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37149" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37149" /> == | ||
<p> The Syrtis, in the sea off the N. African coast between [[Carthage]] and Cyrene. (See | <p> The Syrtis, in the sea off the N. African coast between [[Carthage]] and Cyrene. (See [[Clauda]] ; [[Euroclydon; Melita; Paul]] ) Acts 27:17, for "strake sail" ''(Which Would Have Hurried Them Into The Danger)'' , translated "they lowered the gear" ( '''''Chalasantes To Skeuos''''' ), i.e., afraid of falling into the [[Syrtis]] with the storm from the N.E., they took down the higher sail and kept only the storm sail set, turning the ship's head off shore and standing on as best they could. There were two Syrtes; the eastern one the gulf of Sidra, the western one, smaller, the gulf of Cabes. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53529" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53529" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Quicksands]] </strong> ( Acts 27:17 , RV [Note: Revised Version.] <strong> Syrtis </strong> ). The Syrtes, Major and Minor, are situated on the N. coast of Africa, in the wide bay between the headlands of [[Tunis]] and Barca. They consist of sandbanks occupying the shores of the [[Gulf]] of Sidra on the coast of Tripoli, and that of Gabes on the coast of Tunis or Carthage. They have been considered a source of danger to mariners from very early times, not only from the shifting of the sands themselves, but owing to the cross currents of the adjoining waters. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16989" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16989" /> == | ||
<p> Acts 27:17 , probably the dangerous sandbanks and whirlpools in two gulfs on the African coast south of Malta; they were called the [[Greater]] and the [[Lesser]] Syritis, and were much dreaded by ancient mariners. The course of the wind by which Paul and his companions were driven, threatened to cast them into the Lesser Syrtis. </p> | <p> Acts 27:17 , probably the dangerous sandbanks and whirlpools in two gulfs on the African coast south of Malta; they were called the [[Greater]] and the [[Lesser]] Syritis, and were much dreaded by ancient mariners. The course of the wind by which Paul and his companions were driven, threatened to cast them into the Lesser Syrtis. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43306" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43306" /> == | ||
<i> syrtis </i> Acts 27:17 <i> syrtis </i> | <i> syrtis </i> Acts 27:17 <i> syrtis </i> Syrtis | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_57070" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_57070" /> == | ||
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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33196" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33196" /> == | ||
Acts 27:17 | Acts 27:17 | ||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78888" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78888" /> == | ||
Acts 27:17 | Acts 27:17 | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:39, 13 October 2021
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
The Syrtis, in the sea off the N. African coast between Carthage and Cyrene. (See Clauda ; Euroclydon; Melita; Paul ) Acts 27:17, for "strake sail" (Which Would Have Hurried Them Into The Danger) , translated "they lowered the gear" ( Chalasantes To Skeuos ), i.e., afraid of falling into the Syrtis with the storm from the N.E., they took down the higher sail and kept only the storm sail set, turning the ship's head off shore and standing on as best they could. There were two Syrtes; the eastern one the gulf of Sidra, the western one, smaller, the gulf of Cabes.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Quicksands ( Acts 27:17 , RV [Note: Revised Version.] Syrtis ). The Syrtes, Major and Minor, are situated on the N. coast of Africa, in the wide bay between the headlands of Tunis and Barca. They consist of sandbanks occupying the shores of the Gulf of Sidra on the coast of Tripoli, and that of Gabes on the coast of Tunis or Carthage. They have been considered a source of danger to mariners from very early times, not only from the shifting of the sands themselves, but owing to the cross currents of the adjoining waters.
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [3]
Acts 27:17 , probably the dangerous sandbanks and whirlpools in two gulfs on the African coast south of Malta; they were called the Greater and the Lesser Syritis, and were much dreaded by ancient mariners. The course of the wind by which Paul and his companions were driven, threatened to cast them into the Lesser Syrtis.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
syrtis Acts 27:17 syrtis Syrtis
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [5]
See Syrtis.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [6]
Acts 27:17
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [7]
Acts 27:17
References
- ↑ Quicksands from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Quicksands from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Quicksands from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Quicksands from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Quicksands from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
- ↑ Quicksands from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Quicksands from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
