GREEK · G295
Ἀμφίπολις
Amphipolis — Amphipolis
Ἀμφίπολις, -εως, ἡ Amphipolis, in Macedonia, so called because the river Strymon flowed around it: Act.17:1.† (AS)
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Amphipolis
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
City on both sides, a Macedonian city, a great Roman military station, through which Paul and Silas passed on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica, a distance of 33 Roman miles from Philippi (Acts 17:1).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.