Strong's Number G2957

Transliteration:

Kurene{koo-ray'-nay}

Word Origin:

of uncertain derivation

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Usage in the KJV:

Cyrene 1

Total: 1

Definition:

Cyrene = "supremacy of the bridle"

a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 miles (17 km) from the sea. Among its inhabitants were a great number of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought there, and invested with the right of citizens