Lexicon Mesopotamia: Mesopotamia Original Word: Μεσοποταμία Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Mesopotamia. From mesos and potamos; Mesopotamia (as lying between the Euphrates and the Tigris; compare 'Aram Naharayim), a region of Asia -- Mesopotamia. see GREEK mesos see GREEK potamos see HEBREW 'Aram Naharayim NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom mesos and potamos Definition Mesopotamia, a region through which the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow NASB Translation Mesopotamia (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3318: ΜεσοποταμίαΜεσοποταμία, Μεσοποταμίας, ἡ (feminine of μεσοποτάμιος, Μεσοποταμία, μεσοποταμιον, namely, χώρα; from 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; Tar. ann. 6, 37; נַהֲרַיִם אֲרַם, Aram of the two rivers, Genesis 24:10), bounded on the north by the range of Taurus and on the south by the Persian Gulf; many Jews bad settled in it (Josephus, Antiquities 12, 3, 4): Acts 2:9; Acts 7:2. (Cf. Socin in Encycl. Brit. edition 9, under the word; Rawlinson, Herodotus, vol. i. Essay ix.) Forms and Transliterations Μεσοποταμια Μεσοποταμίᾳ Μεσοποταμιαν Μεσοποταμίαν Mesopotamia Mesopotamíāi Mesopotamian MesopotamíanLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Acts 2:9 N-AFSGRK: κατοικοῦντες τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν Ἰουδαίαν τε NAS: and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea KJV: the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and INT: inhabit Mesopotamia Judea also Acts 7:2 N-DFS Strong's Greek 3318 |
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