Syrophoenician
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Relating to the ancient people and culture of Syrophoenicia in the area of modern Syria and Lebanon
- adjective
- /ˌsɪrəfəˈniːʃən/
- Literature
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sirofenicio
- The Syrophoenician woman approached Jesus, asking for healing for her sick daughter.
- Syrophoenician woman
Examples
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In the Bible, the Syrophoenician people are often depicted as having faith in Jesus despite being outsiders.
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She is a Gentile, a Syrophoenician woman, a Canaanite.
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The disciples were astonished by the Syrophoenician woman's reply to Jesus when he tested her faith.
Surface Forms
Syrophoenician positive
Morphology
Syrophoenician = Phoenician (semi-transparent) = syro + Phoenician
The form is built from the combining element syro- plus Phoenician, but the historical regional reference is specialized rather than fully predictable.
Etymology
Syrophoenician comes from joining Syria and Phoenicia, two old lands by the Mediterranean, so the word describes things 'relating to the ancient region of Syrophoenicia or its people'.