Strong's #4947: Suria (pronounced soo-ree'-ah)

probably of Hebrew origin (6865); Syria (i.e. Tsyria or Tyre), a region of Asia:--Syria.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Suria

Syria = "exalted"

1) a region of Asia bounded on the north by Taurus and Amanus ranges, on the east by the Euphrates and Arabia, on the south by Palestine, and the west by Phoenicia and the Mediterranean

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: probably of Hebrew origin H6865

Usage:

This word is used 8 times:

 

Matthew 4:24: "went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all"
Luke 2:2: "made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)"
Acts 15:23: "in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia."
Acts 15:41: "And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches."
Acts 18:18: "of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him"
Acts 20:3: "him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return"
Acts 21:3: "on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre:"
Galatians 1:21: "into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;"