Sirt
Opis
SYRTIS
sir'-tis (surtis): različica izpopolnjenega prevoda (britanskega in ameriškega) za "plitvine" v [Apd 27:17 ]. Ti peščeni nasipi ob severni obali Afrike so že od nekdaj veljali za vir nevarnosti za mornarje. Vergil jih omenja (Aen. iv.40). Na Pavlovem potovanju je bila ladja, ki jo je gnal nevihtni veter, Euraquilo, v nevarnosti, da bi bila vržena nanje.
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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