Strong's Greek · G4947
Συρία
Syría
Syria
Definition
Syria (i.e. Tsyria or Tyre), a region of Asia
Derivation
probably of Hebrew origin (H06865);
Appears 8 times in Scripture
“Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.”
“And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.”
“Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.”
“and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.”
“News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them.”
“After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.”
“This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.”
“where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).