Strong's Greek: 1337. διθάλασσος (dithalassos) -- divided into two seas, dividing the sea (as a reef)
Strong's Concordance
dithalassos: divided into two seas, dividing the sea (as a reef)
Original Word: διθάλασσος, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: dithalassos
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-thal'-as-sos)
Short Definition: between two seas
Definition: between two seas, which has sea on both sides.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1337: διθάλασσος
διθάλασσος, διθάλασσον (δίς and θάλασσα)
1. resembling (or forming) two seas: thus of the Euxine Sea, Strabo 2, 5, 22; Dionysius Periegetes, 156.
2. lying between two seas, i. e. washed by the sea on both sides (Dio Chrysostom 5, p. 83): τόπος διθάλασσος, an isthmus or tongue of land, the extremity of which is covered by the waves, Acts 27:41; others understand here a projecting reef or bar against which the waves dash on both sides; in opposition cf. Meyer at the passage (In Clement. hom., p. 20, Dressel edition (Ep. Petr. ad Jacob. § 14), men ἀλογιστοι καί ἐνδοιαζοντες περί τῶν τῆς ἀληθείας ἐπαγγελματων are allegorically styled τόποι διθαλασσοι δέ καί θηριωδεις.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
where two seas meet.From dis and thalassa; having two seas, i.e. A sound with a double outlet -- where two seas meet.
see GREEK dis
see GREEK thalassa
Forms and Transliterations
διείς διθαλασσον διθάλασσον δίθυμος dithalasson dithálassonLinks
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