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Syrophenician

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

A Phoenician at the time Phoenicia was part of the Roman province of Syria; or it may mean one of half Syrian and half Phoenician blood

(Mark 7:26²⁶The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. (Mark 7:26)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The designation of the woman whose daughter was possessed by a demon. She belonged to Phenice in Syria: the name embraced both these proper names. By birth she was a Greek, which here probably means simply “Gentile” (Mark 7:26²⁶The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. (Mark 7:26)). In Matthew 15:22²²And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. (Matthew 15:22) she is called “a woman of Canaan.”

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

4949 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

Συροφοινίσσα

Transliteration:

Surophoinissa

Phonic:

soo-rof-oy’-nis-sah

Meaning:

feminine of a compound of 4948 and the same as 5403; a Syro-phoenician woman, i.e. a female native of Phoenicia in Syria

KJV Usage:

Syrophenician

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

exalted palm

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Redness; purple:―Syrian woman from Phoenicia, Mark 7:26. {Rubedo; purpureus}