Meaning
Syrophenician "a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation" (Mark 7:26), i.e., a Gentile born in the Phoenician part of Syria. (See PHENICIA
When our Lord retired into the borderland of Tyre and Sidon (Matt 15:21), a Syro-phoenician woman came to him, and earnestly besought him, in behalf of her daughter, who was grievously afflicted with a demon. Her faith in him was severely tested by his silence (Matt 15:23), refusal (24), and See ming reproach that it was not meet to cast the children's bread to dogs (26). but it stood the test, and her petition was graciously granted, because of the greatness of her faith (28).
