Strong's #2957: Kurene (pronounced koo-ray'-nay)

of uncertain derivation; Cyrene, a region of Africa:--Cyrene.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Kurēnē

Cyrene = "supremacy of the bridle"

1) 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

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: of uncertain derivation

Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

 

Acts 2:10: "parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome,"