GREEK · G1149
Δαλματία
Dalmatia — Dalmatia
Δαλματία (L, Δελ-), -ας, ἡ Dalmatia, a part of Illyria on E. coast of the Adriatic: 2Ti.4:10.† (AS)
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Adria
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G2437
Ἰλλυρικόν
Illurikon — Illyricum
Ἰλλυρικόν, -οῦ, τό Illyricum, a region bordering on the Adriatic Sea: Rom.15:19.† (AS)
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Ἀδρίας
Adrias — Adriatic Sea
Ἁδρίας (T, Rec. Ἀδρίας), -ου, ὁ, the Adriatic sea, in later Greek usage extended to take in all the waters between Greece and Italy: Act.27:27.† (AS)
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(Acts 27:27; R.V., “the sea of Adria”), the Adriatic Sea, including in Paul’s time the whole of the Mediterranean lying between Crete and Sicily. It is the modern Gulf of Venice, the Mare Superum_ of the Romans, as distinguished from the Mare Inferum_ or Tyrrhenian Sea.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.