ΚρήτηKrḗtē
Crete: Acts 27:7, Acts 27:12, Acts 27:12, Acts 27:31, Titus 1:5.
Greek (New Testament) · G2914
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Acts 27:7 We had several days of slow sailing, and after great difficulty we finally neared Cnidus. But the wind was against us, so we sailed across to Crete and along the sheltered coast of the island, past the cape of Salmone.
- Acts 27:12 And since Fair Havens was an exposed harbor—a poor place to spend the winter—most of the crew wanted to go on to Phoenix, farther up the coast of Crete, and spend the winter there. Phoenix was a good harbor with only a southwest and northwest exposure.
- Acts 27:13 When a light wind began blowing from the south, the sailors thought they could make it. So they pulled up anchor and sailed close to the shore of Crete.
- Acts 27:21 No one had eaten for a long time. Finally, Paul called the crew together and said, “Men, you should have listened to me in the first place and not left Crete. You would have avoided all this damage and loss.
- Titus 1:5 I left you on the island of Crete so you could complete our work there and appoint elders in each town as I instructed you.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.