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† I. אִי n.m. Is 20:6 (†f. Is. 23:2) coast, region (contr. from אֱוִי so Ol§ 152 b; place whither one betakes oneself for resting, etc., orig. from mariner’s standpoint)—אִי abs. Is 20:6 +; cstr. Je 47:4; (Jb 22:30 v. sub IV. אִי cf. Di) pl. אִיִּים ψ 72:10 +; אִיִּן Ez 26:18 (Co איים) אִיֵּי Gn 10:5 +;—coast, border region (mostly late), of Philistia & Phoenicia with adjacent country Is 20:6; 23:2, 6; so of Caphtor (= Crete) Je 47:4; מַלְכֵי הָאִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיָּם Je 25:22; elsewhere pl., coasts of Kittim Je 2:10; Ez 27:6, of Elishah v 7; different countries (on or in sea) v 3, 15, 35; 26:15, 18(×2) (last del. Co cf. 𝔊) cf. 39:6, so also אִיֵּי הַגּוֹיִם Gn 10:5 (P); partic. אִיֵּי הַיָּם = coast-lands & islands Is 11:11; 24:15, ‖ הָאָרֶץ Est 10:1; v. (without הַיָּם) Dn 11:18, & ψ 72:10, so often Is 2 incl. inhabitants, 41:1, 5; 42:4, 10 (אִיִּים וְישְׁבֵיהֶם ‖ הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֹ) v 12; 49:1; 51:5; 59:18; 60:9; 66:19; cf. Je 31:10 ψ 97:1, Zp 2:11 (אִיֵּי הַגּוֹיִם); islands, distinctly (taken up by י׳ as little things) Is 40:15; coasts, banks, i.e. habitable lands Is 42:15 (‖ נְהָרוֹת).

νῆσος, Doric dialect νᾶσος, ἡ, island, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐν τᾷ μεγάλᾳ Δωρίδι νάσῳ Πέλοπος, i.e. the Peloponnese, Refs 5th c.BC+; μακάρων νῆσοι, see at {μάκα; αἱ ν}. the islands of the Archipelago, Refs 5th c.BC+; καὶ πῶς γυνὴ.. νῆσον ἀμφιέννυτα; Refs 4th c.BC+: irregular genitive plural νησάων Refs 3rd c.BC+ __2 land flooded by the Nile, Refs 3rd c.BC+; opposed to ἤπειρος, Refs 2nd c.AD+; νῆσοι ποταμοφόρητοι Refs 2nd c.AD+; so of alluvial land in Refs

νησ-ίον, τό, diminutive of νῆσος, islet, Refs 1st c.BC+

Πάτμος, -ου, ἡ Patmos, an island in the Ægean Sea: Rev.1:9.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

Ῥόδος, ἡ, the island (also the city) of Refs 8th c.BC+

Σᾰλᾰμίς (also in Grammars Σᾰλᾰμίν, Refs 2nd c.AD+, genitive ῖνος, ἡ, “Salamis”, an island and town of the same name, between Athens and Megara, Refs 8th c.BC+ __II a town of Cyprus founded by Teucer of Salamis, Refs 5th c.BC+; Σαλαμίνη, Refs

Σᾰμοθρᾴκη, Ionic dialect Σαμοθρηΐκη, ἡ, Refs 5th c.BC+; the seat of the mysteries of the Cabeiri, Refs; called Σάμος Θρηϊκίη in Refs 8th c.BC+; and simply Σάμος, Refs 8th c.BC+. adjective Σᾰμόθρᾳξ (not Σαμοθρᾴξ),Refs 4th c.AD+ H., etc.; Ionic dialect plural Σαμοθρήϊκες Refs 5th c.BC+; also Σᾰμοθρᾴκιος, Ionic dialect Σαμοθρηΐκιος, η, ον, Refs

Σάμος [ᾰ], ἡ, “Samos”, the name of several Greek islands: __1 old name for Κεφαλληνία (which see), Refs 8th c.BC+; also called Σάμη,Refs; though this, accusative to others, is a town on the island: hence adjective Σαμαῖος, α, ον, Refs 1st c.BC+ __2 Σάμος Θρηϊκίη, see at {Σαμοθρᾴκη}. __3 “Samos”, the large island over against Ephesus, first in Refs: hence adjective Σάμιος, α, ον, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ Σαμία (i.e. γῆ) Refs 4th c.BC+; also Σ. ἀστήρ, clay with medicinal properties, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—Σαμιακός, ή, όν, Refs 5th c.BC+ was an old word signifying a height.)