noun · feminine

surtias

GreekΣύρτις (surtis)

Strong’sG4950

Syrtis, quicksand

stem surti-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Syrtis1×

What it means

Σύρτις (L, σῦρτις), -εως, acc. -ιν, ἡ,

Syrtis, the name of two large sand-banks on the Libyan coast: Ac 27:17.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4950 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsoor'-tis

a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e. the Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa

Fromfrom G4951;

King Jamesquicksands.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	surtias	surtiais
object accusative	surtian1×Σύρτιν	surtiain
direct address vocative	surtiar	surtiair
of, belonging to genitive	surtiau	surtiaiu
to, for dative	surtia	surtiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

surtistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

surtia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

surtian“Syrtis”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 27:17“Syrtis”han airaratois boētheiai chrele hupozōnarōtois tem ploiem; foberōtois tē mē eis tan Surtian ekpiptaleia, chalaratois tem skeuem, houtōs ferile.After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.