Syrtis
Beskrywing
SYRTIS
sir'-tis (surtis): die hersiene weergawe (Brits en Amerikaans) vorm vir "drijfzand" in Hand [Hand 27:17 ]. Hierdie sandbanke, aan die noordkus van Afrika, is van vroeg af as 'n bron van gevaar vir seevaarders beskou. Virgil verwys na hulle (Aen. iv.40). In Paulus se reis was die skip, gedryf deur 'n stormwind, Euraquilo, in gevaar om op hulle gewerp te word.
ISBE
skakels
Kaart
inligting uit woordeboek
Quicksands
found only in (Acts 27:17), the rendering of the Greek Syrtis. On the north coast of Africa were two localities dangerous to sailors, called the Greater and Lesser Syrtis. The former of these is probably here meant. It lies between Tripoli and Barca, and near Cyrene. The Lesser Syrtis lay farther to the west.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary