How to Pronounce Chios
KYE-ahs
Chios is pronounced KYE-ahs (ˈkaɪɑs): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Chios mean?
Chios means “open; opening”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Chios?
Mentioned in Acts 20:15, an island in the Aegean Sea, about 5 miles distant from the mainland, having a roadstead, in the shelter of which Paul and his companions anchored for a night when on his third missionary return journey. It is now called Scio.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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