Word Summary
Athēnai: Athens, capital of Attica in Greece
Original Word: ἈθῆναιTransliteration: Athēnai
Phonetic Spelling: (ath-ay-nahee)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Athens, capital of Attica in Greece
Meaning: Athens -- capital of Attica in Greece
Strong's Concordance
Athens.
Plural of Athene (the goddess of wisdom, who was reputed to have founded the city); Athenoe, the capitol of Greece -- Athens.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 116: ἈθῆναιἈθῆναι, ,
αἱ (on the plural cf.
Winers Grammar, 176 (166)),
Athens, the most celebrated city of Greece:
Acts 17:15;
Acts 18:1;
1 Thessalonians 3:1.