Syrtis

A written article for Syrtis is still to come. Below and alongside: where Syrtis appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Syrtis

Original word

  • σύρτις quicksands
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Where Syrtis appears in Scripture

Acts 27

ἣν ἄραντες βοηθείαις ἐχρῶντο ὑποζωννύντες τὸ πλοῖον φοβούμενοί τε μὴ εἰς τὴν Σύρτιν ἐκπέσωσιν χαλάσαντες τὸ σκεῦος οὕτως ἐφέροντο
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Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.