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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Dalmatia
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Historical dictionary entry
A mountainous country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, a part of the Roman province of Illyricum. It still bears its ancient name. During Paul’s second imprisonment at Rome, Titus left him to visit Dalmatia (2 Tim. 4:10) for some unknown purpose. Paul had himself formerly preached in that region (Rom. 15:19). The present Emperor of Austria bears, among his other titles, that of “King of Dalmatia.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.