116. Athénai

Lexicon

Athénai: Athens

Original Word: Ἀθῆναι
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: Athénai
Pronunciation: ah-THAY-nai
Phonetic Spelling: (ath-ay-nahee)
KJV: Athens
NASB: Athens
Word Origin: [plural of Athene (the goddess of wisdom, who was reputed to have founded the city)]

1. Athens, the capitol of Greece
2. (archaic) Athenoe

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Athens.

Plural of Athene (the goddess of wisdom, who was reputed to have founded the city); Athenoe, the capitol of Greece -- Athens.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from Athéné (Athena Gr. goddess of wisdom)
Definition
Athens, capital of Attica in Greece
NASB Translation
Athens (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 116: Ἀθῆναι

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.

Forms and Transliterations

Αθηναις Ἀθήναις Αθηνων Ἀθηνῶν Athenais Athēnais Athḗnais Athenon Athenôn Athēnōn Athēnō̂n

Englishman's Concordance

Acts 17:15 N-GFP
GRK: ἤγαγον ἕως Ἀθηνῶν καὶ λαβόντες
NAS: him as far as Athens; and receiving
KJV: him unto Athens: and receiving
INT: brought [him] unto Athens and having received

Acts 17:16 N-DFP
GRK: δὲ ταῖς Ἀθήναις ἐκδεχομένου αὐτοὺς
NAS: was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit
KJV: them at Athens, his spirit
INT: moreover Athens waiting for them

Acts 18:1 N-GFP
GRK: ἐκ τῶν Ἀθηνῶν ἦλθεν εἰς
NAS: he left Athens and went
KJV: departed from Athens, and came to
INT: from Athens he came to

1 Thessalonians 3:1 N-DFP
GRK: καταλειφθῆναι ἐν Ἀθήναις μόνοι
NAS: to be left behind at Athens alone,
KJV: to be left at Athens alone;
INT: to be left in Athens alone

Strong's Greek 116
4 Occurrences

Ἀθήναις — 2 Occ.
Ἀθηνῶν — 2 Occ.