Strong’s G116 · Greek
Ἀθῆναι
Athēnai · ath-ay-nahee
Origin plural of Ἀθήνη (the goddess of wisdom, who was reputed to have founded the city);
Meaning Athenæ, the capitol of Greece
In the King James Version Athens.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 17:15And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
- Acts 17:16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
- Acts 18:1After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.