King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4581
Transliteration: Seleukeia
Phonetic Spelling: (sel-yook'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Seleucia, a city of Syria
Meaning: Seleucia -- a city of Syria
Σελεύκεια (T WH Σελευκια (see Iota)), Σελευκείας, ἡ, Seleucia, a city of Syria on the Mediterranean, about 5 miles (40 stadia, Strabo 16, p. 750) north of the mouth of the river Orontes, about 15 miles (120 stadia) distant from Antioch, and opposite Cyprus: Acts 13:4 (1 Macc. 11:8). (Lewin, St. Paul, 1:116ff; Conyb. and Howson, op. cit., 1:136f.)
Word Summary
Seleukeia: Seleucia, a city of Syria
Original Word: ΣελεύκειαTransliteration: Seleukeia
Phonetic Spelling: (sel-yook'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Seleucia, a city of Syria
Meaning: Seleucia -- a city of Syria
Strong's Concordance
Seleucia. From Seleukos (Seleucus, a Syrian king); Seleuceia, a place in Syria -- Seleucia.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4581: ΣελεύκειαΣελεύκεια (T WH Σελευκια (see Iota)), Σελευκείας, ἡ, Seleucia, a city of Syria on the Mediterranean, about 5 miles (40 stadia, Strabo 16, p. 750) north of the mouth of the river Orontes, about 15 miles (120 stadia) distant from Antioch, and opposite Cyprus: Acts 13:4 (1 Macc. 11:8). (Lewin, St. Paul, 1:116ff; Conyb. and Howson, op. cit., 1:136f.)