[1] En la época helenística se comenzó a usar (...) como el nombre de toda la frontera oriental del Mediterráneo, y en el Nuevo Testamento se usa varias veces en ese sentido: Mt. 4:24, Lk. 2:2, Ac. 15:23,41, 18:18, 21:3 y Gal. 1:21".
La primera propuesta fue de Theodor Nöldeke en 1881; cf. Harper, Douglas (November 2001). «Syria». Online Etymology Dictionary. Consultado el 22 de enero de 2013..
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Herodotus. «Herodotus VII.63». Fordham University. Archivado desde el original el 5 de octubre de 2000. Consultado el 26 de mayo de 2019. «VII.63: The Assyrians went to war with helmets upon their heads made of brass, and plaited in a strange fashion which is not easy to describe. They carried shields, lances, and daggers very like the Egyptian; but in addition they had wooden clubs knotted with iron, and linen corselets. This people, whom the Hellenes call Syrians, are called Assyrians by the barbarians. The Chaldeans served in their ranks, and they had for commander Otaspes, the son of Artachaeus.»
«Syria». New Horizons World Guide: Pan American's Travel Facts about 138 Countries(en inglés). Simon and Schuster. 1962. p. 226. Consultado el 24 de junio de 2021.
Herodotus. «Herodotus VII.63». Fordham University. Archivado desde el original el 5 de octubre de 2000. Consultado el 26 de mayo de 2019. «VII.63: The Assyrians went to war with helmets upon their heads made of brass, and plaited in a strange fashion which is not easy to describe. They carried shields, lances, and daggers very like the Egyptian; but in addition they had wooden clubs knotted with iron, and linen corselets. This people, whom the Hellenes call Syrians, are called Assyrians by the barbarians. The Chaldeans served in their ranks, and they had for commander Otaspes, the son of Artachaeus.»
