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Lexicon :: Strong's G2791 - kilikia

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Κιλικία
Transliteration
kilikia (Key)
Pronunciation
kil-ik-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign origin
mGNT
8x in 2 unique form(s) TR
8x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Κιλικία Kilikía, kil-ik-ee'-ah; probably of foreign origin; Cilicia, a region of Asia Minor:—Cilicia.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G2791 in the following manner: Cilicia (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G2791 in the following manner: Cilicia (8x).

  1. Cilicia = "the land of Celix"

    1. a maritime province in the southeast of Asia Minor, boarding on Pamphylia in the west, Lycaonia and Cappadocia in the north and Syria in the east. Its capital, Tarsus, was the birth place of Paul

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Κιλικία Kilikía, kil-ik-ee'-ah; probably of foreign origin; Cilicia, a region of Asia Minor:—Cilicia.
STRONGS G2791:
Κιλικία, Κιλικίας, ἡ, Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor, bounded on the north by Cappadocia, Lyesonia and Isauria, on the south by the Mediterranean, on the east by Syria, and on the west by Pamphylia. Its capital, Tarsus, was the birthplace of Paul: Acts 6:9; Acts 15:23, 41; Acts 21:39; Acts 22:3; Acts 23:34; Acts 27:5; Galatians 1:21. (Cf. Conybeare and Howson, St. Paul, i., 19ff; Lewin, St. Paul, i., 78f.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
6:9; 15:23; 15:41; 21:39; 22:3; 23:34; 27:5
Galatians
1:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2791 matches the Greek Κιλικία (kilikia),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:9 - Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers[fn] who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:41 - And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:39 - Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 - “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel[fn] according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:34 - On reading the letter, he asked what province he was from. And when he learned that he was from Cilicia,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:5 - And when we had sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:21 - Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
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