Strong's Lexicon
G4484 — Ῥήγιον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4484 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Ῥήγιον |
| Part of Speech: | Name Location |
| Etymology: | of Latin origin |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | Rhegion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | rhayg'-ee-on |
| Meaning: | 1. Rhegium, a place in Italy |
| KJV Renderings: | Rhegium |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ῥήγιον, Ρ᾽ηγιου, τό, Rhegium (now Reggio), a town and promontory at the extremity of the Bruttian peninsula, opposite Messana (Messina) in Sicily; (it seems to have got its name from the Greek verb ῤήγνυμι, because at that point Sicily was believed to have been ’rent away’ from Italy; so Pliny observes, hist. nat. 3, 8 (14); (Diodorus Siculus 4, 85; Strabo 6, 258; Philo de incorrupt. mund. § 26; others. See Pape, Eigennamen, under the word)): Act 28:13.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Ῥήγιον (Rhegium)
Acts 28:13
- KJV: And from thence we fetched a compass and came to Rhegium and after one day the south wind blew and we came the next day to Puteoli
- GK: όθεν περιελθόντες κατηντήσαμεν εις Ρήγιον και μετά μίαν ημέραν επιγενομένου νότου δευτεραίοι ήλθομεν εις Ποτιόλους
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