Greek proper noun (a place) · G2914
Κρήτη
Kretekray'-tay
Crete
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Krḗtē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2914is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2914
Crete, an island in the Mediterranean
The King James renders it: Crete.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Krete is rendered "Crete". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Four of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 27:7After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
Acts 27:7Κρήτην
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Crete4
- of Crete1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- Κρήτην2
- Κρήτης2
- Κρήτῃ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF-L
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF-L
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF-L
Acts
four uses
After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
- Κρήτηνkretennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Crete
Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
- Κρήτηςkretesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Crete
When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.
- Κρήτηνkretennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Crete
After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.
- Κρήτηςkretesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Crete
Titus
one use
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
- Κρήτῃkretenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Crete
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.