“a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e. the Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa”
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e. the Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a shoal, sand-bank, a place dangerous on account of shoals, two of which were particularly famous on the northern coast of Africa, one lying near Carthage, and the other, the syrtis major, lying between Cyrene and Leptis, which is probably referred to in Acts 27:17*
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Etymology
from G4951 (σύρω);
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