| Lexical Summary Syria: Syria, a region N. and East of PalOriginal Word: Συρία Transliteration: Syria Phonetic Spelling: (soo-ree'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Syria, a region N. and East of Pal Meaning: Syria -- a region north and East of Palestine Strong's ConcordanceSyria. Probably of Hebrew origin (Tsor); Syria (i.e. Tsyria or Tyre), a region of Asia -- Syria. see HEBREW Tsor Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 4947: Συρία Συρία, Συρίας, ἡ, Syria; in the N. T. a region of Asia, bounded on the north by the Taurus and Amanus ranges, on the east by the Euphrates and Arabia, on the south by Palestine, and on the west by Phoenicia and the Mediterranean (cf. BB. DD. under the word | 



