Ἀντιόχεια
Antiocheia
Antioch
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word Ἀντιόχεια (Antiocheia) is a proper name that refers to the specific city of Antioch. This name occurs four times in the Bible, indicating its importance in the text. Its short definition simply states "Antioch," a city likely located in the Roman province of Syria or its surroundings. Given the limited occurrences of this name, it is significant that it is mentioned multiple times, suggesting that Antioch played a notable role in the events described in the Bible. The fact that it is treated as a proper name implies that this city was a significant location for the people mentioned in the text.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
Acts 14:19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
Acts 14:21When they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
2 Timothy 3:11persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.