This word comes from the name of Caphtor.
Definition
Κρής, ὁ, pl., Κρῆτες
a Cretan: Acts 2:11, Titus 1:12.
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Where it occurs
Occurrences
2 total
- Acts 2:11Κρῆτες · Cretans…both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
- Titus 1:12Κρῆτες · CretansAs one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”