GREEK · G882
Ἀχαΐα
Achaia — Achaia
Ἀχαία (T, Ἀχαΐα), -ας, ἡ (Bl., § 46, 11) Achaia, the Roman province: Act.18:12, 27 19:21 Rom.15:26, 1Co.16:15, 2Co.1:1 9:2 11:10, 1Th.1:7-8.† (AS)
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Achaia
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G1058
Γαλλίων
Galliōn — Gallio
Γαλλίων, -ωνος, ὁ, Gallio, proconsul of Achaia: Act.18:12, 14 17.† (AS)
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κῦδος
kudos — dignity
glory, renown , especially in war, (Iliad by Homer): of a single person, κῦδος Ἀχαιῶν glory of the Achaians, like Lat. decus, (Homer) (ML)
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The name originally of a narrow strip of territory in Greece, on the north-west of the Peloponnesus. Subsequently it was applied by the Romans to the whole Peloponnesus, now called the Morea, and the south of Greece. It was then one of the two provinces (Macedonia being the other) into which they divided the country when it fell under their dominion. It is in this latter enlarged meaning that the name is always used in the New Testament (Acts 18:12, 27; 19:21; Rom. 15: 26; 16:5, etc.). It was at the time when Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles under the proconsular form of government; hence the appropriate title given to Gallio as the “deputy,” i.e., proconsul, of Achaia (Acts 18:12).
Scripture references
Acts 18:12Acts 18:27Acts 19:21Romans 15Romans 15:26Romans 16:51 Corinthians 16:152 Corinthians 7:52 Corinthians 9:22 Corinthians 11:101 Thessalonians 1:71 Thessalonians 1:8
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.