Greek noun (feminine) · G3520
νῆσος
nesosnay'-sos
island
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nēsos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3520is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3520
an island
The King James renders it: island, isle.
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
nesos is rendered "island". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 13:6They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
Acts 13:6νῆσον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's nine uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- island8
- an island1
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 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- νῆσος3
- νήσῳ3
- νῆσον2
- νήσου1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
Acts
six uses
They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
- νῆσονnesonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: island
However, we must run aground on some island.”
- νῆσονnesonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: an island
Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
- νῆσοςnesosnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: island
Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
- νήσουnesounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: island
After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.
- νήσῳnesonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: island
After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
- νήσῳnesonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: island
Revelation
three uses
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
- νήσῳnesonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: island
The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
- νῆσοςnesosnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: island
Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.
- νῆσοςnesosnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: island
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.