Strong G295Ἀμφίπολις
Amphipolis
- Transliteration
- Amphipolis
- Pronunciation
- am-fip'-ol-is
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Meaning of the name
Amphipolis, "a city surrounded" or "a city conspicuous"
Detailed definition
Ἀμφίπολις, -εως, ἡ
Amphipolis, in Macedonia, so called because the river Strymon flowed around it: Act.17:1.†
(AS)
Amphipolis, in Macedonia, so called because the river Strymon flowed around it: Act.17:1.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Amphipolis
A city visited by Paul on his missionary journey.
Amphipolis, a city in Macedonia, passed through by Paul and Silas.
In the Bible
Strong G295 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- amphipolis1
First verses
- Acts 17:1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀμφίπολις,
poetry ἀμφίπτολις, ὁ, ἡ, encompassing city, ἀνάγκη ἀμφίπτολις[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 75 (Lyric poetry).)]
II substantive ἀ., ἡ, city encompassed by a river, as proper name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.102, etc.)]
poetry ἀμφίπτολις, ὁ, ἡ, encompassing city, ἀνάγκη ἀμφίπτολις[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 75 (Lyric poetry).)]
II substantive ἀ., ἡ, city encompassed by a river, as proper name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.102, etc.)]