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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4424 - Πτολεμαΐς

Transliteration

Ptolemaḯs

Phonetics

ptol-em-ah-is'

Origin

from Ptolemaios (Ptolemy, after whom it was named)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's
Ptolemais or Accho = "warlike"

a maritime city of Phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from Ptolemy Lathyrus, who captured it 103 BC, and rebuilt it more beautifully

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Acts 1

BSB (1)

Acts 1

CSB (1)

Acts 1

ESV (1)

Acts 1

KJV (1)

Acts 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Acts 1

N95 (1)

Acts 1

NAS (1)

Acts 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Acts 1

YLT (1)

Acts 1

ASV (1)

at ptolemais 1

BSB (1)

ptolemais 1

CSB (1)

ptolemais 1

ESV (1)

ptolemais 1

KJV (1)

ptolemais 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

ptolemais 1

N95 (1)

ptolemais 1

NAS (1)

ptolemais 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

at ptolemais 1

YLT (1)

ptolemais 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 1

ANT

N-ASF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 1

BGB

N-ASF 1

BMT

N-ASF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 1

ELZ

N-ASF 1

NA26

N-ASF 1

SBL

N-ASF 1

SCV

N-ASF 1

STV

N-ASF 1

TIS

N-ASF 1

N-ASF-L 1

TRG

N-ASF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

Πτολεμ-ᾱΐς

(also Πτολεμ-αιίς ), ΐδος, ἡ, with or without φυλή,

name of an Att. tribe, named after Ptolemy Euergetes I, ib.22.957.28, 964.16, al., Poll. 8.110; ἐπὶ τῆς Πτολεμαιίδος . . πρυτανείας IG 22.897, al.

II name of several cities, esp. of one in Phoenicia, now Acre, Str. 2.5.39, etc.: — Πτολεμ-ᾱΐτης, ου, or Πτολεμ-αιεύς, έως, ὁ, a citizen thereof, St.Byz.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

Πτολεμαΐς, Πτολεμιδος, ἡ, Ptolemais, a maritime city of Phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from Ptolemy Lathyrus (who captured it , and rebuilt it more beautifully (cf. Josephus, Antiquities 13, 12, 2f)); it is called in Judges 1:31 and in the Talmud עַכּו, in the Sept. Ακχω, by the Greeks Ἄκη (on the varying accent cf. Pape, Eigennam. under the word Πτολεμαΐς), and Romans Ace, and by modern Europeans (Acre or) St. Jean d' Acre (from a church erected there in the middle ages to St. John); it is now under Turkish rule and contains about 8000 inhabitants (cf. Baedeker, Palestine and Syria, English edition, p. 356): Acts 21:7. (Often mentioned in the books of the Maccabees and by Josephus under the name of Πτολεμαΐς, cf. especially b. j. 2, 10, 2f; (see Reland, Palaest., p. 534ff; Ritter, Palestine, English translation, iv., p. 361ff).)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Πτολεμαΐς , -ΐδος , ἡ ,

Ptolemais, a maritime city of Phœnicea: Acts 21:7.†

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

Πτολεμαιδα Πτολεμαΐδα πτύελον πτύελόν πτύξιν Ptolemaida Ptolemaḯda