"Tyre, a celebrated and wealthy commercial city of Phoenicia, Mt. 11:21; 15:21; Mk. 7:24; Acts 21:3, 7. See PhotoGuide."
Definition and meaning
Tyre, a celebrated and wealthy commercial city of Phoenicia, Mt. 11:21; 15:21; Mk. 7:24; Acts 21:3, 7. See PhotoGuide.
In the original Greek the word is written: Τύρος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of tyros (G5184) across the King James Bible.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
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Common questions
Strong's G5184 (tyros) is a Greek word that means: Tyre, a celebrated and wealthy commercial city of Phoenicia, Mt. 11:21; 15:21; Mk. 7:24; Acts 21:3, 7. See PhotoGuide. It appears 11 times in the King James Bible.
The word tyros (G5184) appears 11 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G5184 is tyros, a Greek word defined as: Tyre, a celebrated and wealthy commercial city of Phoenicia, Mt. 11:21; 15:21; Mk. 7:24; Acts 21:3, 7. See PhotoGuide.. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
tyros is a Greek word found in the New Testament.