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Κνίδος

Knidos

Proper locative noun · Probably of foreign origin

Probably of foreign origin; Cnidus, a place in Asia Minor:—Cnidus.

Outline

Cnidus or Gnidus = "nettled"

a peninsula [now Cape Crio] and a city by the same name, situated at the extreme south west of the peninsula of Asia Minor, on a promontory now called Cape Crio, which projects between the islands of Cos and Rhodes

Usages

Acts 27:7

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

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