Strong G3318Μεσοποταμία
Mesopotamia
- Transliteration
- Mesopotamia
- Pronunciation
- mes-op-ot-am-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
Meaning of the name
Mesopotamia, "[land] between rivers"
Detailed definition
Μεσοποταμία, -ας, ἡ (sc. χώρα)
Mesopotamia: Act.2:9 7:2.†
(AS)
Mesopotamia: Act.2:9 7:2.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Mesopotamia
The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Mesopotamia, the ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, where Abraham lived before being called to Canaan (Genesis 24:10; Acts 7:2) and where the Israelites were oppressed by Cushan-rishathaim (Judges 3:8, 10).
In the Bible
Strong G3318 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mesopotamia2
First verses
- Acts 2:9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
- Acts 7:2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,