Συρία

Συρία — Syría

Συρία, Συρίας, ἡ, Syria; in the N. T. a region of Asia, bounded on the north by the Taurus and Amanus ranges, on the east by the Euphrates and Arabia, on the south by Palestine, and on the west by Phoenicia and the Mediterranean (cf. BB. DD. under the word; Ryssel in Herzog edition 2, under the word Syrien; cf. also Ἀντιχεια, 1 and Δαμασκός): Mat 4:24; Luk 2:2; Act 15:23; Act 15:41; Act 18:18; Act 20:3; Act 21:3; Gal 1:21. (On the article with it cf. Winer's Grammar, § 18, 5 a.)