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Strong's #116 - Ἀθῆναι

Transliteration
Athēnai
Phonetics
ath-ay'-nahee
Origin
plural of Athene (the goddess of wisdom, who was reputed to have founded the city)
Parts of Speech
Noun Location
TDNT
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Definition   
Thayer's
Athens = "uncertainty"
  1. A famous city in Greece, the capital of Attica, and the chief seat of learning and civilisation during the golden period of the history of Greece
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (6)
Acts 3
1 Thessalonians 2
2 Thessalonians 1
NAS (4)
Acts 3
1 Thessalonians 1
HCS (4)
Acts 3
1 Thessalonians 1
BSB (4)
Acts 3
1 Thessalonians 1
ESV (4)
Acts 3
1 Thessalonians 1
WEB (4)
Acts 3
1 Thessalonians 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

Ἀθῆναι, Dor. Ἀθᾶναι, ῶν, αἱ, t

I he city of Athens (for the pl. cf. Θῆβαι, Μυκῆναι), Hom., etc.; (sg. Ἀθήνη Od. 7.80, IG 1.373107): — Ἀθῆναι generally, = Ἀττική, of the whole country, Hdt. 9.17.

II Advbs., Ἀθήν-αζε, to Athens, IG 1.27a, Th. 4.46, X. Ath. 1.16:

Thayer's Expanded Definition

Ἀθῆναι, , αἱ (on the plural cf. Winers Grammar, 176 (166)), Athens, the most celebrated city of Greece: Acts 17:15; Acts 18:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:1.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Ἀθῆναι , -ῶν , αἱ

(plural because consisting of several parts),

Athens: Acts 17:15-16; Acts 18:1, 1 Thessalonians 3:1.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
Αθηναις Ἀθήναις Αθηνων Ἀθηνῶν Athenais Athēnais Athḗnais Athenon Athenôn Athēnōn Athēnō̂n
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