Strong's Lexicon
G2791 — Κιλικία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2791 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Κιλικία |
| Part of Speech: | Name Location |
| Etymology: | probably of foreign origin |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | Kilikia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kil-ik-ee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. Cilicia, a region of Asia Minor |
| KJV Renderings: | Cilicia |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Κιλικία, Κιλικίας, ἡ, Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor, bounded on the north by Cappadocia, Lyesonia and Isauria, on the south by the Mediterranean, on the east by Syria, and on the west by Pamphylia. Its capital, Tarsus, was the birthplace of Paul: Act 6:9; Act 15:23; Act 15:41; Act 21:39; Act 22:3; Act 23:34; Act 27:5; Gal 1:21. (Cf. Conybeare and Howson, St. Paul, i., 19ff; Lewin, St. Paul, i., 78f.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Κιλικία (Cilicia)
Acts 6:9
- KJV: Then there arose certain of the synagogue which is called of the Libertines and Cyrenians and Alexandrians and of them of Cilicia and of Asia disputing with Stephen
- GK: ανέστησαν δε τινες των εκ της συναγωγής της λεγομένης Λιβερτίνων και Κυρηναίων και Αλεξανδρέων και των από Κιλικίας και Ασίας συζητούντες τω Στεφάνω
Acts 15:23
- KJV: And they wrote by them after this manner The apostles and elders and brethren greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia
- GK: γράψαντες διά χειρός αυτών τάδε οι αποστόλοι και οι πρεσβύτεροι και οι αδελφοί τοις κατά την Αντιόχειαν και Συρίαν και Κιλικίαν αδελφοίς τοις εξ εθνών χαίρειν
Acts 15:41
- KJV: And he went through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches
- GK: διήρχετο δε την Συρίαν και Κιλικίαν επιστηρίζων τας εκκλησίας
Acts 21:39
- KJV: But Paul said I am a man a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia a citizen of no mean city and I beseech thee suffer me to speak unto the people
- GK: είπε δε ο Παύλος εγώ άνθρωπος μεν ειμι Ιουδαίος Ταρσεύς της Κιλικίας ουκ ασήμου πόλεως πολίτης δέομαι δε σου επίτρεψόν μοι λαλήσαι προς τον λαόν
Acts 22:3
- KJV: I am verily a man a Jew born in Tarsus in Cilicia yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers and was zealous toward God as ye all are this day
- GK: και φησίν εγώ μεν ειμι ανήρ Ιουδαίος γεγεννημένος εν Ταρσώ της Κιλικίας ανατεθραμμένος δε εν τη πόλει ταύτη παρά τους πόδας Γαμαλιήλ πεπαιδευμένος κατά ακρίβειαν του πατρώου νόμου ζηλωτής υπάρχων του θεού καθώς πάντες υμείς εστε σήμερον
Acts 23:34
- KJV: And when the governor had read he asked of what province he was And when he understood that of Cilicia
- GK: αναγνούς δε ο ηγεμών και επερωτήσας εκ ποίας επαρχίας εστί και πυθόμενος ότι από Κιλικίας
Acts 27:5
- KJV: And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra of Lycia
- GK: το τε πέλαγος το κατά την Κιλικίαν και Παμφυλίαν διαπλεύσαντες κατήλθομεν εις Μύρα της Λυκίας
Galatians 1:21
- KJV: Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia
- GK: έπειτα ήλθον εις τα κλίματα της Συρίας και της Κιλικίας
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