GREEK · G4681
Σπανία
Spania — Spain
Σπανία, -ας, ἡ (= cl. Ἑσπερία or Ἰβηρία; late writers adopted the Roman name, Ἱσπανία (1Ma.8:3) or Σ. as here), Spain: Rom.15:24, 28.† (AS)
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Spain
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GREEK · G21216
Ταρτησσός
Tartēssos — Tarshish
a city of Spain at the mouth of the Baetis, the Tarshish of Scripture, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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Paul expresses his intention (Rom. 15:24, 28) to visit Spain. There is, however, no evidence that he ever carried it into effect, although some think that he probably did so between his first and second imprisonment. (See TARSHISH.)
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.