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G3318 Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía)
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Quick Definition

Μεσοποταμία, ας, ἡ n.f. Mesopotamia

Strong's Definition

from 3319 and 4215; Mesopotamia (as lying between the Euphrates and the Tigris; compare 0763), a region of Asia

KJV Usage: Mesopotamia

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, f. | -ας

93.530 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Mesopotamia the valley of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers

ACT 2:9 · ACT 7:2

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Μεσοποταμία, -as, 7, (fem. of μεσοποτάμιος, -a, -ον, 80. χώρα; fr. μέσος and ποταμός), Mesopotamia, the name, not so much political as geographical (scarcely in use before the time of Alexander the Great), of a region in Asia, lying between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris (whence it took its name; cf. Arrian. anab. Alex. 7, 7; Tae. ann. 6, 37; 0:93 DIN, Aram of the two rivers, Gen. xxiv. 10), bounded on the N. by the range of Taurus and on the S. by the Persian Gulf; many Jews had settled in it (Joseph. antt. 12,3, 4): Acts ii. 9; vii. 2. (Cf. Socin in Encycl. Brit. ed. 9 s. v.; Rawlinson, Herodotus, vol. i. Essay ix.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Μεσοποταμία Mesopotamia 2x

Mesopotamia, the country lying between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, Acts 2:9; 7:2*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Μεσοποταμία, -ας, ἡ (sc. χώρα), Mesopotamia: Ac 2:9 7:2.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamia) — Mesopotamia. Μεσοποταμία, -ας, ἡ (sc. χώρα) Mesopotamia: Act.2:9 7:2.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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