G1359
G1359 — Διόσκουροι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
Dioskouroi (dee-os'-kou-roy) n/p.
1. sons of Jupiter, i.e. the twins Dioscuri
[from the alternate of G2203 and a form of the base of G2877]
KJV: Castor and Pollux
Root(s): G2203, G2877
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
Castor and Pollux
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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: Act 28:11 (R. V. The Twin Brothers; cf. B. D. under the word ).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Διόσκουροι (Castor and Pollux)
Acts 28:11
- KJV: And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the isle whose sign was Castor and Pollux
- GK: μετά δε τρεις μήνας ανήχθημεν εν πλοίω παρακεχειμακότι εν τη νήσω Αλεξανδρινώ παρασήμω Διοσκούροις