Island, Isle
ISLAND, ISLE.The Heb. word means primarily coastlands, but sometimes lands in general, and in one passage (Isa 42:15) dry land as opposed to water. In Isa 20:6 Palestine is called this isle (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , but RV [Note: Revised Version.] coast-land). The islands of the Gentiles or heathen (Gen 10:6, Zep 2:11) are apparently the coasts of the W. Mediterranean; the isles of the sea (Est 10:1, Eze 26:18 etc.) are also the Mediterranean coasts; the isles (Psa 72:10 etc., Isa 42:10 etc.) means the West generally as contrasted with the East. Tyre is mentioned as an isle in Isa 23:2, and here perhaps the term may be taken literally, as Tyre was actually at that time an island. The isle of Kittim (Jer 2:10, Eze 27:6) is probably Cyprus, and the isle of Caphtor (Jer 47:4 mg.), Crete. In the NT five islands are mentioned: Cyprus (Act 4:36; Act 11:19 f., Act 13:4, Act 15:39, Act 21:3; Act 21:16, Act 27:4), Crete (Act 27:7; Act 27:12-13; Act 27:21), Clauda (Act 27:16), Melita (Act 28:1), and Patmos (Rev 1:9).
E. W. G. Masterman.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Island, Isle
land, l ((1) , ‘, island or isle; the American Standard Revised Version has coast or coast-land in Isa 20:6; Isa 23:2, Isa 23:6; the Revised Version margin has coast-lands in Gen 10:5; Isa 11:11; Isa 24:15; Isa 59:18; Jer 25:22; Eze 39:6; Dan 11:18; Zep 2:11; the Revised Version margin has sea-coast in Jer 47:4. (2) plural , ‘ym, the King James Version wild beasts of the islands, the Revised Version (British and American) wolves, the Revised Version margin howling creatures (Isa 13:22; Isa 34:14; Jer 50:39). (3) , neson, small island (Act 27:16) (4) , nesos, island (Act 13:6; Act 27:26; Act 28:1, Act 28:7, Act 28:9, Act 28:11; Rev 1:9; Rev 6:14; Rev 16:20)): Except as noted above, , ‘ in the Revised Version (British and American) is translated isle or island. ARVAD (which see), a Phoenician island-city North of Tripoli, Syria, is mentioned in Gen 10:18; 1Ch 1:16; Eze 27:8, Eze 27:11. This and Tyre were the only important islands on the coast, both of them very small. We find references to Kittim or Chittim, Cyprus (Gen 10:4; Num 24:24; 1Ch 1:7; Isa 23:1, Isa 23:12; Jer 2:10; Eze 27:6; Dan 11:30); to Elisha, perhaps Carthage (Gen 10:4; 1Ch 1:7; Eze 27:7); to isles of the nations (Gen 10:5; Zep 2:11); to isles of the sea (Est 10:1; Isa 11:11; Isa 24:15; Eze 26:18); to Tarshish and the isles (Psa 72:10; compare Isa 66:19); to isle (the Revised Version margin sea-coast) of Caphtor (Jer 47:4). Communication with these islands or distant coasts is kept up by the Tyrians (Eze 27:3, Eze 27:15). The Jews were not a maritime people, and in early times their geographical knowledge was very limited. Of 32 Old Testament passages referring to island or isle, 25 are in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. In the New Testament, besides the passages noted above, and Patmos (Rev 1:9), various islands are mentioned by name in connection with the voyages of Paul, e.g. Cyprus, Crete, Lesbos, Samos, Samothrace, Chios, Melita, Sicily (Syracuse, Act 28:12). Jackals is a perfectly possible translation of ‘ym (the King James Version wild beasts of the islands, the Revised Version (British and American) wolves, the Revised Version margin howling creatures). See COAST; GEOGRAPHY; JACKAL; WOLF.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Island, Isle
“an island,” occurs in Act 13:6; Act 27:26; Act 28:1, Act 28:7, Act 28:9, Act 28:11; Rev 1:9; Rev 6:14; Rev 16:20.
a diminutive of No. 1, “a small island,” occurs in Act 27:16, Cauda, RV.