1359. Dioskouroi
Strong's Concordance
Dioskouroi: the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux)
Original Word: Διόσκουροι, ων, οἱ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: Dioskouroi
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-os'-koo-roy)
Short Definition: the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux
Definition: the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus and Leda, and patrons of sailors.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1359: Διόσκουροι

Διόσκουροι (Phrynichus prefers the form Διόσκοροι; in earlier Attic the dual τῷ Διοσκόρω was more usual, cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 235), Διοσκορων, οἱ (from Διός of Zeus, and κοῦρος; or κόρος, boy, as κόρη, girl), Dioscuri, the name given to Castor and ((Polydeuces, the Roman)) Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda, tutelary deities of sailors: Acts 28:11 (R. V. The Twin Brothers; cf. B. D. under the word ).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Castor and Pollux.

From the alternate of Zeus and a form of the base of korasion; sons of Jupiter, i.e. The twins Dioscuri -- Castor and Pollux.

see GREEK Zeus

see GREEK korasion

Forms and Transliterations
Διοσκουροις Διοσκούροις Dioskourois Dioskoúrois
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Διοσκούροις — 1 Occ.

Acts 28:11 N-DMP
GRK: Ἀλεξανδρινῷ παρασήμῳ Διοσκούροις
NAS: and which had the Twin Brothers for its figurehead.
KJV: whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
INT: an Alexandrian with a figurehead the twin gods [Castor and Pollux]

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