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G774Ἀσιανός Asianós — an Asian (i.e. Asiatic) or an inhabitant of AsiaG773Ἀσία Asía — Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its
western shoreG775Ἀσιάρχης Asiárchēs — an Asiarch or president of the public festivities in
a city of Asia MinorH4074מָדַי Mâday — Madai, a country of central AsiaG2181Ἔφεσος Éphesos — Ephesus, a city of Asia MinorG4947Συρία Syría — Syria (i.e. Tsyria or Tyre), a
region of Asia
Verses(5+)
- VerseActs 2:9Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
- Verse2 Timothy 1:15You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
- VerseActs 19:22He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
- VerseActs 27:2We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
- Verse1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
People(3)
- PersonOnesiphorusThe one who oft refreshed Paul and was not ashamed of his chain, seeking him out diligently in Rome (2 Tim 1:16-18) — set against the day when all Asia turned away.
- PersonPhygelusNamed with Hermogenes among all they of Asia who turned away from Paul (2 Tim 1:15).
- PersonHermogenesNamed with Phygelus among they of Asia who turned away from Paul (2 Tim 1:15).
Places(2)
- PlaceEphesusGreat harbor city of Asia, home of the Artemis temple; Paul's three-year base where the word grew mightily; addressed in Ephesians and first of the seven churches of Revelation.
- PlaceGalatiaRegion (and Roman province) of central Asia Minor addressed in Paul's most urgent letter — whether the ethnic north or the provincial south of Acts 13-14 is the letter's…
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordG774 Ἀσιανός · Asianós (Greek)an Asian (i.e. Asiatic) or an inhabitant of Asia
- WordG773 Ἀσία · Asía (Greek)Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore
- WordG775 Ἀσιάρχης · Asiárchēs (Greek)an Asiarch or president of the public festivities in a city of Asia Minor
- WordH4074 מָדַי · Mâday (Hebrew)Madai, a country of central Asia
- WordG2181 Ἔφεσος · Éphesos (Greek)Ephesus, a city of Asia Minor
Concepts(5+)
- ConceptSeedOne word that carries the whole promise — a line of descent that narrows, verse by verse, to one Person.
- ConceptGloryThe weight of God made visible — כָּבוֹד, literally heaviness — filling a tabernacle, a temple, and finally a body.
- ConceptLightGod's first spoken word and his own self-description — light before the sun, and a Light no darkness can put out.
- ConceptEdenThe garden God planted eastward — a sanctuary with a river, two trees, and a job description, lost by one command broken.
- ConceptTreesThe Bible's story turns at trees — two in the garden, one bearing a curse, one bearing healing for the nations.
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Authors(5+)
- AuthorIrenaeusIrenaeus was born in Smyrna, in Asia Minor, around 130. As a boy he sat and listened to Polycarp, the old bishop of that city, and he never forgot it. Writing decades later to…
- AuthorAdoniram JudsonAdoniram Judson sailed for Asia in 1812, days after marrying Ann Hasseltine, and spent six years in Burma before baptizing his first convert. During the Anglo-Burmese war he…
- AuthorPalladius of GalatiaPalladius was born in Galatia, in central Asia Minor, about 363 or 364. In 386 he went to Egypt to see the monks, and the rest of his life came out of that decision. He spent…
- AuthorNerses of LambronNerses was born in 1153 at the castle of Lambron in Cilicia — Armenian Cilicia, the kingdom Armenians had built along the southeastern coast of Asia Minor after the Seljuk…
- AuthorPolycrates Of EphesusAround the year 190 the churches of the Roman empire nearly split over a calendar. The question was when to keep the Passover — the Christian Pascha. The churches of Asia Minor…
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resource2 Esdras 16:1Woe be unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe be unto thee, Egypt and Syria!
- Study resource1 Maccabees 13:32And he reigned in his stead, and crowned himself king of Asia, and brought a great calamity upon the land.
- Study resource2 Esdras 15:46And thou, Asia, that art partaker of the hope of Babylon, and art the glory of her person:
- Study resource2 Maccabees 3:3Insomuch that Seleucus of Asia of his own revenues bare all the costs belonging to the service of the sacrifices.
- Study resource1 Maccabees 11:13Then Ptolemee entered into Antioch, where he set two crowns upon his head, the crown of Asia, and of Egypt.