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διθάλασσος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
διθάλασσος, ον
Greek transliteration: 
dithalassos
Simplified transliteration: 
dithalassos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1337
GK Number: 
1458
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-3a
Gloss: 
sandbar, sandbank (surrounded on both sides by sea)
Definition: 
surrounded on both sides by the sea;, τόπος διθάλασσος, a shoal or sand-bank formed by the confluence of opposite currents, Acts 27:41*

Greek-English Concordance for διθάλασσος

Acts 27:41 But caught in some crosscurrents (dithalasson | διθάλασσον | acc sg masc), they ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the force of the waves.