Syrophoenicia* — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Homeland of the Greek woman who approached Jesus in the region of Tyre and Sidon and pleaded with him to cast a demon out of her daughter (Mk 7:26). The region of Phoenicia was located in the Roman province of Syria. Perhaps the designation of Syrophoenicia was used so as not to confuse this woman’s country with the Phoenicia of North Africa called Libyphoenicia. In a parallel passage, this woman is identified as a Canaanite, a name by which Phoenicians called themselves (Mt 15:22).

Show passage in OET: MRK 7:26

OET-RV MRK 7:26

26 The woman was Greek from Foinikai in Aram (Syria), and she begged Yeshua to command the demon to leave her daughter.

OET-LV MRK 7:26

26 And the woman was Hellaʸn, from _Foinikaʸ _in _Suria the by _descent, and she _was _asking him that he _may _throw _out the demon out _of the daughter of _her.

Show passage in OET: MAT 15:22

OET-RV MAT 15:22

22 Then, look, a woman from that area and of Kena’ani (Canaanite) ancestry came to him and called out, “Master, David’s descendant, my daughter is suffering from demon possession.”

OET-LV MAT 15:22

22 And see, a_ member _of _Kananitaʸs _woman having _come _out from the those regions, was _crying _out saying:
Show _mercy to _me, master, son of _Dawid/(Dāvid), the daughter of _me is _being_ sickly _demon _possessed.

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