International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Cyprus

si'-prus (Kupros):1. Name:An island situated near the Northeast corner of the Levant, in an angle formed by the coasts of Cilicia and Syria. In the Old Testament it is called Ki...

704

Cyrama

si-ra'-ma, sir'-a-ma.SeeKIRAMA.

705

Cyrene

si-re'-ne (Kurene "wall"):1. Location:Cyrene was a city of Libya in North Africa, lat. 32 degrees 40' North, long. 22 degrees 15' East. It lay West of ancient Egypt, from which ...

706

Cyrenian; Cyrenians

si-re'-ni-an (Kurenaios, "a native or inhabitant of Cyrene"): Two Jews of Cyrene are mentioned in the New Testament, namely, Simon (Mr 15:21andLu 23:26the King James Version) wh...

707

Cyrenius

si-re'-ni-us (Kurenios, "of Cyrene").SeeQUIRINIUS.

708

Cyria

sir'-i-a (Kuria): The word means "lady," feminine of lord, and it is so translated in the King James Version and the text of the Revised Version (British and American) (2Joh 1:5...

709

Cyrus

si'-rus (koresh; Old Persian Kurus; Babylonian Kur(r)as, Kur(r)asu; Greek Kuros,2Ch 36:22, etc.):1. Genealogy of Cyrus2. His Country, Ansan or Anzan3. His Origin (Herodotus)4. H...