Strong G2862κολωνία
Roman colony
- Transliteration
- kolōnia
- Pronunciation
- kol-o-nee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of Latin origin; a Roman colony for veterans: - colony.
Detailed definition
κολωνία (Rec. -ώνια), -ας, ἡ
(Lat. colonic),
a colony: Act.16:12 (see Lft., Phi., 50 f.).†
(AS)
(Lat. colonic),
a colony: Act.16:12 (see Lft., Phi., 50 f.).†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Rome
Capital city of the Roman Empire
Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire, where Paul was imprisoned and wrote several epistles (Acts 28:16; Rom. 1:7).
In the Bible
Strong G2862 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- colony1
First verses
- Acts 16:12And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
κολωνία, ἡ,
grave (from Elean), [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II = Latin colonia, [NT (NT.Acts.16.12, “epigram Gr.” 908 (from Batanaea))]; compare κολωνεία:
κολωνεία, ἡ,
= Latin colonia, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2811b (from Aphrodisias), “POxy.” 653 (2nd c.AD))], etc.;.
grave (from Elean), [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II = Latin colonia, [NT (NT.Acts.16.12, “epigram Gr.” 908 (from Batanaea))]; compare κολωνεία:
κολωνεία, ἡ,
= Latin colonia, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2811b (from Aphrodisias), “POxy.” 653 (2nd c.AD))], etc.;.