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Lexicon :: Strong's G4424 - ptolemais

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Πτολεμαΐς
Transliteration
ptolemais (Key)
Pronunciation
ptol-em-ah-is'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From Ptolemaios (Ptolemy, after whom it was named)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Πτολεμαΐς Ptolemaḯs, ptol-em-ah-is'; from Πτολεμαῖος Ptolemaîos (Ptolemy, after whom it was named); Ptolemais, a place in Palestine:—Ptolemais.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4424 in the following manner: Ptolemais (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4424 in the following manner: Ptolemais (1x).

  1. Ptolemais or Accho = "warlike"

    1. a maritime city of Phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from Ptolemy Lathyrus, who captured it 103 BC, and rebuilt it more beautifully

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Πτολεμαΐς Ptolemaḯs, ptol-em-ah-is'; from Πτολεμαῖος Ptolemaîos (Ptolemy, after whom it was named); Ptolemais, a place in Palestine:—Ptolemais.
STRONGS G4424:
Πτολεμαΐς, Πτολεμιδος, ἡ, Ptolemais, a maritime city of Phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from Ptolemy Lathyrus (who captured it , and rebuilt it more beautifully (cf. Josephus, Antiquities 13, 12, 2f)); it is called in Judges 1:31 and in the Talmud עַכּו, in the Sept. Ακχω, by the Greeks Ἄκη (on the varying accent cf. Pape, Eigennam. under the word Πτολεμαΐς), and Romans Ace, and by modern Europeans (Acre or) St. Jean d' Acre (from a church erected there in the middle ages to St. John); it is now under Turkish rule and contains about 8000 inhabitants (cf. Baedeker, Palestine and Syria, English edition, p. 356): Acts 21:7. (Often mentioned in the books of the Maccabees and by Josephus under the name of Πτολεμαΐς, cf. especially b. j. 2, 10, 2f; (see Reland, Palaest., p. 534ff; Ritter, Palestine, English translation, iv., p. 361ff).)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
1:31
Acts
21:7

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Strong's Number G4424 matches the Greek Πτολεμαΐς (ptolemais),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:7 - When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and we greeted the brothers[fn] and stayed with them for one day.
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