Strong G99Ἀδρίας
Adriatic Sea
- Transliteration
- Adrias
- Pronunciation
- ad-ree'-as
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Location
Definition
From Ἀδρία Adria (a place near its shore); the Adriatic sea (including the Ionian): - Adria.
Detailed definition
Ἁδρίας (T, Rec. Ἀδρίας), -ου, ὁ,
the Adriatic sea, in later Greek usage extended to take in all the waters between Greece and Italy: Act.27:27.†
(AS)
the Adriatic sea, in later Greek usage extended to take in all the waters between Greece and Italy: Act.27:27.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Adriatic Sea
The sea where Paul's ship drifted during a storm.
The Adriatic Sea, where Paul's ship was driven by a storm on his journey to Rome.
In the Bible
Strong G99 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- adria1
First verses
- Acts 27:27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
Ἀδρίας, ον,
Ionic dialect Ἀδρίης, εω, ὁ, the Adriatic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.9, etc.)]:— adjective Ἀδρι-ᾱνός, ή, όν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 71,)] also Ἀδρι-ηνός, κῦμα τᾶς Ἀδριηνᾶς ἀκτᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 736 (Lyric poetry))]: later, Ἀδρι-ακός, νέκταρ, of Italian wine, called [Refs (“Adriatic”)] because imported through Corcyra, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.257 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus))]: Ἀδριανικός, ἀλεκτορίδες[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 749b29: Ἀδριατικός, ὄρνιθες)] Chrysipp. Tyan. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.285d)]:—also feminine Ἀδρι-άς, άδος
A, ἅλμη[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 92.)]
Ionic dialect Ἀδρίης, εω, ὁ, the Adriatic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.9, etc.)]:— adjective Ἀδρι-ᾱνός, ή, όν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 71,)] also Ἀδρι-ηνός, κῦμα τᾶς Ἀδριηνᾶς ἀκτᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 736 (Lyric poetry))]: later, Ἀδρι-ακός, νέκταρ, of Italian wine, called [Refs (“Adriatic”)] because imported through Corcyra, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.257 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus))]: Ἀδριανικός, ἀλεκτορίδες[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 749b29: Ἀδριατικός, ὄρνιθες)] Chrysipp. Tyan. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.285d)]:—also feminine Ἀδρι-άς, άδος
A, ἅλμη[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 92.)]