Κνίδος G2834
Cnidus, a coastal city in southwestern Asia Minor (place name)
This is the name of a city and peninsula on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor, mentioned in Acts 27:7 as a point along Paul's voyage to Rome. The transliterations preserve the Greek (Knidos, Knídos, Cnide, Κνίδον). The ship struggled to reach Cnidus against contrary winds before turning south toward Crete. This geographical marker contributes to Luke's detailed nautical account and demonstrates the challenges of ancient Mediterranean sailing.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A coastal city in southwestern Asia Minor that Paul's ship approached with difficulty during his voyage to Rome. This waypoint in Luke's precise geographical narrative marks the beginning of the voyage's most dangerous phase, as contrary winds forced the ship away from the Asian coast toward the more exposed route past Crete. 1×
AR["كِنِيدُسَ"]·ben["নীদের"]·DE["Κνίδον"]·EN["Knidos"]·FR["Cnide"]·heb["קְנִידוֹס"]·HI["क्नीदुसके"]·ID["Knidos,"]·IT["Cnido"]·jav["Knidus,"]·KO["괴도에"]·PT["Cnido,"]·RU["Книда"]·ES["Knídos"]·SW["Knido"]·TR["Knidos'a"]·urd["کنیدس"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Κνίδος, -ου, ἡ Cnidus, a city (and peninsula) on S.W. coast of Asia Minor: Act.27:7.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)