King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1359
Transliteration: Dioskouroi
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-os'-koo-roy)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux)
Meaning: the Dioscuri -- twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux)
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).
Word Summary
Dioskouroi: the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux)
Original Word: ΔιόσκουροιTransliteration: Dioskouroi
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-os'-koo-roy)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux)
Meaning: the Dioscuri -- twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux)
Strong's 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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1359: ΔιόσκουροιΔιόσκουροι (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