ἡ Σύρτισ. The Syrtis is a quicksand on the north African coast between long. 10 and 20 E. Acts 27:17 . There are properly two, called the major and the minor; it would have been the major one on the east of the bay that they were in danger of. It is now called the Gulf of Sidra.
Originally published with the title A New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (London), the Morrish Bible Dictionary is more than a dictionary of Bible words.Wikipedia
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