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G1359 - Διόσκουροι - Dióskouroi - dee-os'-koo-roy - Castor and Pollux

Original: Διόσκουροι

Transliteration: Dióskouroi

Phonetic: dee-os'-koo-roy

Short Definition: Castor and Pollux

- Original: Διόσκουροι

- Transliteration: Dioskouroi

- Phonetic: dee-os'-koo-roy

- Definition:

1. Castor and Pollux, were the twin sons of Jupiter and Leda, and were regarded as the tutelary divinities of sailors

- Origin: from the alternate of G2203 and a form of the base of G2877

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From the alternate of G2203 and a form of the base of G2877; sons of Jupiter that is the twins Dioscuri: - Castor and Pollux.

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