Lexical Summary Asia: Asia, a Roman province Original Word: ἈσίαTransliteration: Asia Phonetic Spelling: (as-ee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Asia, a Roman province Meaning: Asia -- a Roman province Strong's Concordance Asia. Of uncertain derivation; Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore -- Asia. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 773: ἈσίαἈσία, Ἀσίας, ἡ, Asia; 1. Asia proper, ἡ ἰδίως καλουμένῃ Ἀσία (Ptolemy, 5, 2), or proconsular Asia (often so called from the 16th century down; but correctly speaking it was apvoeinciaconsularis, although the ruler of it was vested with 'proconsular power.' The 'Asia' of the N. T. must not be confounded with the 'Asia proconsularis' of the 2. A part of proconsular Asia, embracing Mysia, Lydia, and Caria (Pliny, h. n. 5, 27 (28) (others, 5, 100)): Acts 2:9. |
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