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SYRTIS, THE - S>@ - kjv@Acts:27:17) in the Revised Version in place of "quicksands" in the Authorized Version. It was the well-known Syrtis Major , the terror of all Mediterranean sailors. "It is a dangerous shallow on the coast of Africa, between Tripoli and Barca, southwest of the island of Crete." The other Syrtis Syrtis Minor , was too far west to be feared by Paul’s fellow voyagers.
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G4950 <STRGRK>@ σύρτις surtis soor'-tis From G4951; a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves) that is the Syrtis Major or great bay on the North coast of Africa: - quicksands.