Lexical Summary Seleukeia: Seleucia, a city of Syria Original Word: ΣελεύκειαTransliteration: Seleukeia Phonetic Spelling: (sel-yook'-i-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Seleucia, a city of Syria Meaning: Seleucia -- a city of Syria Strong's Concordance Seleucia. From Seleukos (Seleucus, a Syrian king); Seleuceia, a place in Syria -- Seleucia. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4581: ΣελεύκειαΣελεύκεια (T WH Σελευκια (see Iota)), Σελευκείας, ἡ, Seleucia, a city of Syria on the Mediterranean, about 5 miles (40 stadia, Strabo 16, p. 750) north of the mouth of the river Orontes, about 15 miles (120 stadia) distant from Antioch, and opposite Cyprus: Acts 13:4 (1 Macc. 11:8). (Lewin, St. Paul, 1:116ff; Conyb. and Howson, op. cit., 1:136f.) |
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