◄ 1359. Dioskouroi ►
Strong's Concordance Dioskouroi: the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux) Original Word: Διόσκουροι, ων, οἱ Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Dioskouroi Phonetic Spelling: (dee-os'-koo-roy) Short Definition: the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux Definition: the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus and Leda, and patrons of sailors. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1359: Διόσκουροι Διόσκουροι (Phrynichus prefers the form Διόσκοροι; in earlier Attic the dual τῷ Διοσκόρω was more usual, cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 235), Διοσκορων, οἱ (from Διός of Zeus, and κοῦρος; or κόρος, boy, as κόρη, girl), Dioscuri, the name given to Castor and ((Polydeuces, the Roman)) Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda, tutelary deities of sailors: Acts 28:11 (R. V. The Twin Brothers; cf. B. D. under the word ). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Castor and Pollux. From the alternate of Zeus and a form of the base of korasion; sons of Jupiter, i.e. The twins Dioscuri -- Castor and Pollux. see GREEK Zeus see GREEK korasion Forms and Transliterations Διοσκουροις Διοσκούροις Dioskourois Dioskoúrois Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 1359 1 Occurrence Διοσκούροις — 1 Occ. Acts 28:11 N-DMP GRK: Ἀλεξανδρινῷ παρασήμῳ Διοσκούροις NAS: and which had the Twin Brothers for its figurehead. KJV: whose sign was Castor and Pollux. INT: an Alexandrian with a figurehead the twin gods [Castor and Pollux] 1 Occurrence