What does Συροφοίνισσα (Syrophoínissa) mean in the Bible?
e. a female native of Phœnicia in Syria".
Greek · G4949
Συροφοίνισσα
A Syro-phœnician woman, i.e. a female native of Phœnicia in Syria
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Συροφοίνισσα G4949
Pronunciation Syrophoínissa
What does Συροφοίνισσα (Syrophoínissa) mean in the Bible?
Συροφοίνισσα (Syrophoínissa) is a Greek word meaning "a Syro-phœnician woman, i.e. a female native of Phœnicia in Syria".
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How does the BSB render G4949?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include Syrophoenician (1).
Where does Συροφοίνισσα (Syrophoínissa) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 7:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Syrophoenician 1× Mark 7:26
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First aligned row Mark 7:26
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Mark 1
Source forms
Συροφοινίκισσα 1x Syrophoinikissa Mark 7:26
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Mark 7:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a Syro-phœnician woman, i.e. a female native of Phœnicia in Syria
Source Gloss
a Syro-phœnician woman, i.e. a female native of Phœnicia in Syria
Extended definition
:--Syrophenician.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 7:26 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Συροφοίνισσα surofoinissa
Syrophoenician
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Word Origins
Συροφοίνισσα is built from these roots:
Σύρος G4948
Φοινίκη G5403
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain