2972. Kós
Strong's Concordance
Kós: Cos, an island in the Aegean Sea
Original Word: Κῶς, ῶ, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: Kós
Phonetic Spelling: (koce)
Short Definition: Cos
Definition: Cos, an island in the Aegean Sea, south-west of Asia Minor.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2972: Κώς

Κώς, genitive Κῶ, , Cos (A. V. Coos) (now Stanco or Stanchio (which has arisen from a slurred pronunciation of ἐς ταν Κῶ (modern Greek) like Stambul from ἐς ταν πόλιν. (Hackett))), a small island of the Aegean Sea, over against the cities of Cnidus and Halicarnassus, celebrated for its fertility and especially for its abundance of wine and grain: Acts 21:1, where for the Rec. Κῶν Griesbach (followed by subsequent editors) has restored Κῶ, as in 1 Macc. 15:23; see Matthiae, § 70 note 3; Winers Grammar, § 8, 2 a.; (Buttmann, 21 (19); WH's Appendix, p. 157). Cf. Kuester, De Co insula, Halicarnassus 1833; ("but the best description is in Ross, Reisen nach Kos as above with (Halle, 1852)" (Howson); cf. Lewin, St. Paul, 2:96).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Cos.

Of uncertain origin; Cos, an island in the Mediterranean -- Cos.

Forms and Transliterations
Κω Κῶ Ko Kô Kō Kō̂
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Strong's Greek 2972
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Κῶ — 1 Occ.

Acts 21:1 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν Κῶ τῇ δὲ
NAS: we ran a straight course to Cos and the next
KJV: unto Coos, and
INT: to Cos and

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