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Small island

νησίονStrong’s G3519

nēsion

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Nēsion is the Greek word usually translated “island”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:”
Acts 27:16 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “island”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • an island 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    νησίον nēsion · small island

    νησίον, -ου, τό (dimin. of νῆσος), = νησίς (Hdt., Thuc., al.) a small island: Act.27:16.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “island” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    ISLAND, noun

    i'land. [This is an absurd compound of isle and land, that is, land-in-water land, or ieland-land. There is no such legitimate word in English, and it is found only in books. The genuine word always used in discourse is our native word, Sax.ealong, D.G. eiland.]

    1. A tract of land surrounded by water.
    2. A large mass of floating ice, is called an island of ice.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.