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( Ôýñïò ), the Greek form of the name of two places in Palestine.
1. The well-known city of TYRE SEE TYRE (q.v.), as the name is usually Anglicized, but “Tyrus” in the A. V. in certain passages (Jer_25:22; Jer_27:3; Jer_47:4; Eze_26:2-4; Eze_26:7; Eze_26:15; Eze_27:2-3; Eze_27:8; Eze_27:32; Eze_28:2; Eze_28:12; Eze_29:18; Hos_9:13; Amo_1:9-10; Zec_9:2-3; 2Es_1:11 Jdt_2:28; 1Ma_5:15; 2Ma_4:18; 2Ma_4:32; 2Ma_4:44; 2Ma_4:49). 2. A place described by Josephus as lying “between Arabia and Judaea, beyond the Jordan, not far from the country of Heshbon,” where Hyrcanus built a strong castle, of a sumptuous character, as the center of his power in that region (Anf. 12:4, 11). It has been identified in modern times with the magnificent ruins Airak el-Emir, four hours from Hesban, which Tristram minutely describes as corresponding to the statements of the Jewish historian (Land of Israel, p. 529).