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Strong's #4516 - Ῥώμη
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Rome = "strength"
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Ῥώμη, ἡ,
Roma, Rome, first mentioned in Gr. literature by Arist. Fr. 610; deified in Inscrr., θεὰ Ῥώμη IG 3.63, CIG 2696 ( Mylasa ), SIG 893 (Olympia, iii A.D. ), etc.
Ῥώμη, Ῥώμης, ἡ (on the article with it cf. Winers Grammar, § 18, 5b.; (on its derivation cf. Curtius, § 517; Vanicek, p. 1212; Pape, Eigennamen, under the word)), Rome, the renowned capital of Italy and ancient head of the world: Acts 18:2; Acts 19:21; Acts 23:11; Acts 28:14, 16; Romans 1:7, 15; 2 Timothy 1:17. (1 Macc. 1:10 1 Macc. 7:1; (Aristotle, Polybius, others).) (On Rome in St. Paul's time cf. BB. DD. under the word; Conybeare and Howson, Life and Epistles etc., chapter xxiv.; Farrar, Life and Work etc. chh. xxxvii., xliv., xlv.; Lewin, St. Paul, vol. ii, chapter vi.; Hausrath, Neutest. Zeltgesch. iii. 65ff; on the Jews and Christians there, see particularly Schürer, Die Gemeindeverfassung der Juden in Rom in d. Kalserzeit nach d. Inschriften dargest. (Leipz. 1879); Seyerlen, Enstehung as above with der Christengemeinde in Rom (Tübingen, 1874); Huidekoper, Judaism at Rome, 2nd edition, N. Y. 1877; Schaff, Hist. of the Chris. Chnrch (1882) vol. i, § 36.)
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Ῥώμη , -ης , ἡ
Rome: Acts 18:2; Acts 19:21; Acts 23:11; Acts 28:14; Acts 28:16 Romans 1:7; Romans 1:15, 2 Timothy 1:17.†
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";a fine linen cloth."; The word is sometimes regarded as of Semitic origin (so Boisacq p. 866), but see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 36. Instances in our documents are common. In an account of payments, P Tebt I. 182 (late ii/B.C.), mention is made of 2 talents 5000 (?) drachmae as paid σινδόνων : cf. P Lond 29.3 (B.C. 160) (= I. p. 163). A σινδών is described as καθαρά (cf. Matthew 27:59) in ib. 46.206 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 71), and P Leid Wiii. 12 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 89). In Syll 754.4 we read σίνδονα ἐν ᾗ ἐζω [γ ]ράφηται ἡ θεός, and immediately afterwards ἄλλας σινδόνας λαμπρᾶς τρεῖς.
The use of the word for swathing dead bodies, as in Matthew 27:59, may be seen in the letter regarding funeral expenses, P Grenf II. 77.27 (iii/iv A.D.) (= Selections, p. 121) τιμ [ὴ ] σινδόνος (δραχμαὶ) κ ¯, ";the price of a linen cloth 20 drachmae."; Cf. P Par 18 bis.10 (Rom.) a letter announcing the dispatch of a dead body—ἔστιν δὲ σημεῖον τῆς ταφῆς · σινδών ἐστιν ἐκτὸς ἔχων χρῆμα (l. χρῶμα ?) ῥόδινον. Σινδών is further illustrated by Field, Notes, p. 40. For the dim. σινδόνιον, see P Gen I. 80.8 (mid. iv/A.D.), and P Bilabel II. 96.6 (Byz.), and for σινδονίτης, ";a linen tunic,"; see Syll 653 (= .3 736).17 (Andania-B.C. 92), also Menander Σαμ. 163. MGr σεντόνι, ";a linen napkin.";
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