King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3194
Transliteration: Melitē
Phonetic Spelling: (mel-ee'-tay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Melita (Malta), an island in the Mediterranean
Meaning: Melita (Malta) -- an island in the Mediterranean
Μελίτη, Μελιτης, ἡ, Melita, the name of an island in the Mediterranean, lying between Africa and Sicily, now called Malta; (this Sicula Melita must not be confounded with Melita Illyrica in the Adriatic, now called Meleda (see B. D. under the word; Smith, Voyage and Shipwr. of St. Paul, Diss. ii.)): Acts 28:1 (where WH Μελιηνη; see their Appendix, p. 160).
Word Summary
Melitē: Melita (Malta), an island in the Mediterranean
Original Word: ΜελίτηTransliteration: Melitē
Phonetic Spelling: (mel-ee'-tay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Melita (Malta), an island in the Mediterranean
Meaning: Melita (Malta) -- an island in the Mediterranean
Strong's Concordance
Melita. Of uncertain origin; Melita, an island in the Mediterranean -- Melita.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3194: ΜελίτηΜελίτη, Μελιτης, ἡ, Melita, the name of an island in the Mediterranean, lying between Africa and Sicily, now called Malta; (this Sicula Melita must not be confounded with Melita Illyrica in the Adriatic, now called Meleda (see B. D. under the word
STRONGS NT 3194: Μελιτήνη [Μελιτήνη, see the preceding word.]