Lexical Summary Dioskouroi: the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux) Original Word: ΔιόσκουροιTransliteration: Dioskouroi Phonetic Spelling: (dee-os'-koo-roy) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux) Meaning: the Dioscuri -- twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux) Strong's Concordance Castor and Pollux. From the alternate of Zeus and a form of the base of korasion; sons of Jupiter, i.e. The twins Dioscuri -- Castor and Pollux. see GREEK Zeus see GREEK korasion Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1359: ΔιόσκουροιΔιόσκουροι (Phrynichus prefers the form Διόσκοροι; in earlier Attic the dual τῷ Διοσκόρω was more usual, cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 235), Διοσκορων, οἱ (from Διός of Zeus, and κοῦρος; or κόρος, boy, as κόρη, girl), Dioscuri, the name given to Castor and ((Polydeuces, the Roman)) Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda, tutelary deities of sailors: Acts 28:11 (R. V. The Twin Brothers; cf. B. D. under the word |
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