Bible Names

Syracuse: meaning of the name

Syracuse means “that draws violently.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Syracuse in Hebrew and Greek

Συράκουσαι G4946

Syrákousai — Syracuse, the capital of Sicily

plural of uncertain derivation;

Places named Syracuse

Syracuse in Scripture

“Syracuse” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Acts 28:12

    And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.