ΦοινίκηPhoiníkē

Same root

• φοῖνιξphoînix · G5404a palm-tree
• ΣυροφοίνισσαSyrophoínissa · G4949a Syro-phœnician woman, i.e. a female native of Phœnicia in Syria

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

• Acts 11:19 Meanwhile, the believers who had been scattered during the persecution after Stephen’s death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch of Syria. They preached the word of God, but only to Jews.
• Acts 15:3 The church sent the delegates to Jerusalem, and they stopped along the way in Phoenicia and Samaria to visit the believers. They told them—much to everyone’s joy—that the Gentiles, too, were being converted.
• Acts 21:2 There we boarded a ship sailing for Phoenicia.