- Original: Κυρήνη - Transliteration: Kurene - Phonetic: koo-ray'-nay - Definition: Cyrene = supremacy of the bridle 1. a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 miles (17 km) from the sea. Among its inhabitants were a great number of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought there, and invested with the right of citizens - Origin: of uncertain derivation - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Location - Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; Cyrene a region of Africa: - Cyrene. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Cyrene, 1 Act 2:10