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G116 Ἀθῆναι (Athēnai)
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Ἀθῆναι, ῶν, αἱ n.f. Athens

Strong's Definition

plural of Athene (the goddess of wisdom, who was reputed to have founded the city); Athenoe, the capitol of Greece

KJV Usage: Athens

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, f. | -ῶν

93.393 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Athens a principal city of Greece

ACT 17:15 · ACT 17:16 · ACT 18:1 · 1TH 3:1

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

᾿Αθῆναι, -av, ai, (on the plur. cf. W. 176 (166)), Athens, the most celebrated city of Greece: Acts xvii. 15 sq.; xviii. 1; 1 Th. iii. 1.

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἀθῆναι, -ῶν, αἱ (plural because consisting of several parts), Athens: Ac 17:15, 16 18:1, I Th 3:1.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Ἀθῆναι (Athēnai) — Athens. Ἀθῆναι, Doric dialect Ἀθᾶναι, ῶν, αἱ, the city of Athens (for the plural compare Θῆβαι, Μυκῆναι), [Refs 8th c.BC+] —Ἀθῆναι generally, ={Ἀττική}, of the whole country, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. adverbs, Ἀθήναζε, to Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Ἀθήνηθεν, from Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry Ἀθηνόθεν, [Refs]: Ἀθήνησιν, __A at Athens, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

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