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Strong G2882Κόρινθος

Corinth

Transliteration
Korinthos
Pronunciation
kor'-in-thos
Morphology
Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location

Definition

Of uncertain derivation;
Corinthus a city of Greece: - Corinth.

Meaning of the name

Corinth, "decoration"

Detailed definition

Κόρινθος, -ου, ἡ
Corinth: Act.18:1, 27 19:1, 1Co.1:2, 2Co.1:1 1:23, 2Ti.4:20.†
(AS)

In the biblical story

Corinth

Ancient Greek city; recipient of Paul's epistles

Corinth, an important city in ancient Greece, was the location of a Christian church to which Paul wrote two epistles.

In the Bible

Strong G2882 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • corinth6
  • corinthus1

First verses

  1. Acts 18:1
    After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
  2. Acts 19:1
    And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
  3. Romans 16:27
    To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea.
  4. 1 Corinthians 1:2
    Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
  5. 2 Corinthians 1:1
    Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
  6. 2 Corinthians 1:23
    Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
  7. 2 Timothy 4:20
    Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
1. Corinth , the city and country, [8th/7th c.BC (Iliad by Homer), Refs 5th c.BC (Herdotus Historicus)], attic; famed for its luxury, whence the proverb οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς εἰς Κόρινθον ἐσθq ὁ πλοῦσs;— with a masculine adjective, ὀφρυόεντα K. [Refs 5th c.BC (Oracle quoted in Herdotus Historicus)]:—;proverbial, Διὸς Κόρινθος, used of persons who are always repeating the same old story, [5th/4th c.BC (Aristophanes Comicus)], etc.
2. adverb Κορινθόθι, at Corinth , [8th/7th c.BC (Iliad by Homer)] (Middle Liddel)