Strong’s G3520 · Greek
νῆσος
nēsos · nay'-sos
Origin probably from the base of ναῦς (G3491);
Meaning an island
In the King James Version island, isle.
In 9 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 13:6And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
- Acts 27:26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
- Acts 28:1And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
- Acts 28:7In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
- Acts 28:9So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:
- Acts 28:11And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
- Revelation 1:9I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
- Revelation 6:14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- Revelation 16:20And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.