Strong G116Ἀθῆναι
Athens
- Transliteration
- Athēnai
- Pronunciation
- ath-ay'-nahee
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
Plural of Ἀθήνη Athēnē (the goddess of wisdom who was reputed to have founded the city);
Athenae the captital of Greece: - Athens.
Athenae the captital of Greece: - Athens.
Detailed definition
Ἀθῆναι, -ῶν, αἱ (plural because consisting of several parts),
Athens: Act.17:15,16 18:1, 1Th.3:1.†
(AS)
Athens: Act.17:15,16 18:1, 1Th.3:1.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Athens
A major city in Greece, visited by Paul.
Athens, the intellectual and cultural center of ancient Greece, where Paul preached the gospel and addressed the Areopagus.
In the Bible
Strong G116 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- athens6
First verses
- Acts 17:15And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
- Acts 17:16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
- Acts 18:1After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
Ἀθῆναι,
Doric dialect Ἀθᾶναι, ῶν, αἱ, the city of Athens (for the plural compare Θῆβαι, Μυκῆναι), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.; (_sing._ Ἀθήνη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.80, “IG” 1.373107):)] —Ἀθῆναι generally, ={Ἀττική}, of the whole country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.17.)]
II adverbs, Ἀθήναζε, to Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 1.27a, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.46, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.16)]: Ἀθήνηθεν, from Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.25, etc.)]; poetry Ἀθηνόθεν, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.369 (Antip.))]: Ἀθήνησιν,
A at Athens, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 1.59, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.66, etc.)]
Doric dialect Ἀθᾶναι, ῶν, αἱ, the city of Athens (for the plural compare Θῆβαι, Μυκῆναι), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.; (_sing._ Ἀθήνη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.80, “IG” 1.373107):)] —Ἀθῆναι generally, ={Ἀττική}, of the whole country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.17.)]
II adverbs, Ἀθήναζε, to Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 1.27a, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.46, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.16)]: Ἀθήνηθεν, from Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.25, etc.)]; poetry Ἀθηνόθεν, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.369 (Antip.))]: Ἀθήνησιν,
A at Athens, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 1.59, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.66, etc.)]