Strong's Lexicon
G2862 — κολωνία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2862 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κολωνία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | of Latin origin |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | kolonia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kol-o-nee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. a Roman "colony" for veterans |
| KJV Renderings: | colony |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κολωνία (R G Tr), κολωνία (L T WH KC (cf. Chandler § 95)) (Tdf. editions 2, 7 κολωνεία; see his note on Acts as below, and cf. εἰ, ἰ), κολωνιας, ἡ (a Latin word), a colony: in Act 16:12 the city of Philippi is so called, where Octavianus had planted a Roman colony (cf. Dio Cassius, 51, 4; Digest. 50, tit. 15, 8). The exegetical difficulties of this passage are best removed, as Meyer shows, by connecting κολωνία closely with πρώτη πόλις, the chief city, a (Roman) colony (a colonial city); (but cf. Lightfoot’s Commentary on Philippians, p. 50f).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κολωνία (colony)
Acts 16:12
- KJV: And from thence to Philippi which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia a colony and we were in that city abiding certain days
- GK: εκείθέν τε εις Φιλίππους ήτις εστί πρώτη της μερίδος της Μακεδονίας πόλις κολώνια ήμεν δε εν αυτή τη πόλει διατρίβοντες ημέρας τινάς