2996. Lasaia
Strong's Concordance
Lasaia: Lasea, a city of Crete
Original Word: Λασαία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: Lasaia
Phonetic Spelling: (las-ah'-yah)
Short Definition: Lasea
Definition: Lasea, a city in Crete, about the middle of the south coast.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2996: Λασαία

Λασαία, Λασαιας, (Lachmann Ἀλασσα, Tr WH Λασεα (see WHs Appendix, p. 160), Vulg.Thalassa), Lasaea, Acts 27:8, a city of Crete not mentioned by any ancient geographical or other writer. But this need not excite surprise, since probably it was one of the smaller and less important among the ninety or a hundred cities of the island; cf. Kuinoel at the passage (Its site was discovered in 1856, some five miles to the E. of Fair Havens and close to Cape Leonda; see Smith, Voyage and Shipwr. of St. Paul (3rd edition, p. 259f) 4th edition, p. 262f; Alford, Greek Testament, vol. ii, Proleg., p. 27f.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Lasea.

Of uncertain origin; Lasaea, a place in Crete -- Lasea.

Forms and Transliterations
Λασαία Λασεα Λασέα Lasaia Lasaía
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Strong's Greek 2996
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Λασαία — 1 Occ.

Acts 27:8 N-NFS
GRK: ἦν πόλις Λασαία
NAS: which was the city of Lasea.
KJV: was the city [of] Lasea.
INT: was a city of Lasaea

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