Lexical Summary Kilikia: Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor Original Word: ΚιλικίαTransliteration: Kilikia Phonetic Spelling: (kil-ik-ee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor Meaning: Cilicia -- a province of Asia Minor Strong's Concordance Cilicia. Probably of foreign origin; Cilicia, a region of Asia Minor -- Cilicia. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2791: ΚιλικίαΚιλικία, Κιλικίας, ἡ, Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor, bounded on the north by Cappadocia, Lyesonia and Isauria, on the south by the Mediterranean, on the east by Syria, and on the west by Pamphylia. Its capital, Tarsus, was the birthplace of Paul: Acts 6:9; Acts 15:23, 41; Acts 21:39; Acts 22:3; Acts 23:34; Acts 27:5; Galatians 1:21. (Cf. Conybeare and Howson, St. Paul, i., 19ff; Lewin, St. Paul, i., 78f.) |
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