Island
νῆσοςStrong’s G3520nēsos
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Nēsos is the Greek word usually translated “island”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:”
Meaning
Usually translated “island”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- island 8
- an island 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 6
- Revelation 3
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 27:26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
- Acts 28:1And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
- Acts 28:7In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
- Acts 28:9So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:
- Acts 28:11And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
- Revelation 1:9I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Greek dictionary
νῆσος nēsos · island
νῆσος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for אִי ;] an island: Act.13:6 27:26 28:1, 7 28:9, 11 Rev.1:9 6:14 16:20.† (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.]
- A tract of land surrounded by water.
- 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.