Lexical Summary Smyrna: "myrrh", Smyrna, an Ionian city in Asia Minor Original Word: ΣμύρναTransliteration: Smyrna Phonetic Spelling: (smoor'-nah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: "myrrh", Smyrna, an Ionian city in Asia Minor Meaning: Smyrna -- "myrrh", an Ionian city in Asia Minor Strong's Concordance Smyrna. The same as smurna; Smyrna, a place in Asia Minor -- Smyrna. see GREEK smurna Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4667: ΖμύρναΖμύρνα, so Tdf. in Revelation 1:11, etc., for Σμύρνα, which see. STRONGS NT 4667: ΣμύρναΣμύρνα, σμύρνης, ἡ, Smyrna, an Ionian city, on the Aegean Sea, about 40 miles N. of Ephesus; it had a harbor, and flourished in trade, commerce, and the arts; now Ismir (BB. DD.): Revelation 1:11; Revelation 2:8. Tdf. after manuscript א ((cf. manuscript Bezae, Scrivener edition, p. xlviii.)) has adopted the form Ζμύρνα, found also occasionally on coins and in inscriptions; cf. Kühner, i, p. 200 c.; (Tdf.'s note on Revelation 1:11; and see Sigma, under the end; Lightfoot, Ignatius 2:331 note). |
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