G2972 G2972
Cos, Aegean island near Asia Minor
Luke traces Paul's final journey to Jerusalem with precise geographical notation: 'We came with a straight run to Cos' (Acts 21:1). Cos (modern Kos) was a significant island in the Dodecanese, famous for its medical school (Hippocrates' home), wines, and silk production. The island provided a natural overnight stop on the coastal shipping route from Troas toward Judea. Luke's mention reflects the detailed itinerary of an eyewitness or careful historian. The island's brief appearance marks one stage in Paul's journey toward arrest and eventual Rome.
Senses
1. sense 1 — In Luke's detailed travel narrative, Cos appears as one waypoint in Paul's island-hopping journey from Philippi to Jerusalem. The island was renowned in antiquity for its medical school and Asclepius cult. All language witnesses transliterate the name. Luke's precision in recording these stages suggests either eyewitness memory or access to detailed travel records. Cos was a logical overnight anchorage for vessels following the Asia Minor coast southward. Its mention serves Luke's broader narrative strategy of anchoring events in specific, verifiable geography. 1×
AR["كُوسَ"]·ben["কোস"]·DE["Κῶ"]·EN["Kōs"]·FR["Cos"]·heb["קוֹס"]·HI["कोस"]·ID["Kos"]·IT["Cos"]·jav["Kos,"]·KO["고스에"]·PT["Cós,"]·RU["Кос,"]·ES["Cos"]·SW["Kos"]·TR["Kos'a"]·urd["کوس"]
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
the island Cos , opposite Caria, 8th/7th c.BC:—; Κόωνδε to Cos , 8th/7th c.BC (Middle Liddel)