GREEK · G2747
Κεγχρεαί
Kegchreai — Cenchreae
Κενχρεαί (Rec. Κεχγ-; ν. WH, App., 150), -ῶν, αἱ, Cenchreæ, a port of Corinth: Act.18:18, Rom.16:1.† (AS)
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Cenchrea
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Millet, the eastern harbour of Corinth, from which it was distant about 9 miles east, and the outlet for its trade with the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean. When Paul returned from his second missionary journey to Syria, he sailed from this port (Acts 18:18). In Rom. 16:1 he speaks as if there were at the time of his writing that epistle an organized church there. The western harbour of Corinth was Lechaeum, about a mile and a half from the city. It was the channel of its trade with Italy and the west.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.