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Syria
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Syria names 2 things on this site
- Syria, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Syria-maachah, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
Verses
9 results- VerseActs 15:41And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
- VerseGalatians 1:21Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
- VerseLuke 2:2This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
- VerseActs 21:3After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
- VerseActs 15:23and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
People
3 results- PersonHezekiahThe reforming king of Judah who trusted Jehovah against Sennacherib, spread the Assyrian letter before the LORD, was granted fifteen added years, and in whose reign the angel…
- PersonSennacheribKing of Assyria whose siege of Jerusalem in 701 BC ended with the angel of Jehovah in the camp — and whose own annals boast of shutting Hezekiah up "like a bird in a cage"…
- PersonAshurbanipalAssyria's last great king, sacker of No-Amon (Thebes) in 663 BC — the precedent Nahum turns on Nineveh itself (Nah 3:8); likely the "great and noble Osnappar" of Ezra 4:10. His…
Places
2 results- PlaceAntioch (Syrian)Third city of the Roman empire and the first great Gentile church; where the disciples were first called Christians and every Pauline mission was launched and reported.
- PlaceDamascusThe Syrian city Saul was travelling to with letters of arrest when the light stopped him on the road; he entered it blind and left it preaching.
Manuscripts
2 results- ManuscriptCodex Ambrosianus (the Syriac Old Testament)The earliest complete Old Testament in Syriac, and the manuscript the modern scholarly edition is built on.
- ManuscriptThe Syriac Pentateuch of AD 463/464 (BL Add. 14425)The oldest biblical manuscript that tells you the year it was written — a Syriac Pentateuch, copied in AD 463 or 464.
Words (Strong's)
- WordH758 אֲרָם · ʼĂrâm (Hebrew)Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants. The Hebrew word stands 143 times in the original text.
- WordG4947 Συρία · Syría (Greek)Syria (i.e. Tsyria or Tyre), a region of Asia. The Greek word stands 8 times in the original text.
- WordG4948 Σύρος · Sýros (Greek)a Syran (i.e. probably Tyrian), a native of Syria. The Greek word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordH726 אֲרוֹמִי · ʼĂrôwmîy (Hebrew)an Edomite (as in the margin). A Hebrew word of the lexicon floor, with its parsing and its occurrences on the word page.
- WordH761 אֲרַמִּי · ʼĂrammîy (Hebrew)an Aramite or Aramaean. The Hebrew word stands 11 times in the original text.
Themes
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3 resultsProphecies
4 results- ProphecySamaria Falls to AssyriaSamaria (capital of Northern Israel) would fall with extreme violence.
- ProphecyFall of Samaria to AssyriaHosea and Amos predicted the destruction of Samaria and the northern kingdom's capital by foreign invaders.
- ProphecyAssyria Will Not Enter JerusalemIsaiah prophesied that Sennacherib's Assyrian army would not enter Jerusalem, shoot an arrow at it, or build siege works against it.
- ProphecyIsrael's Regathering From Many NationsMultiple prophets predicted a 'second' regathering of Israel from specific regions—Assyria, Egypt, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and 'the islands of the sea.'
Apologetics
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53 results- VoiceEphrem the SyrianEphrem was born about 306 at Nisibis, a fortified city on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire, in what is now southeastern Turkey. He spent most of his life there, serving…
- VoiceSahdona the SyrianSahdona — the Syriac name means roughly the same as the Greek Martyrius, and he is known by both — came from Halmon in the region of Beth Nuhadra, in what is now northern Iraq…
- VoiceMalchionPaul of Samosata was bishop of Antioch and one of the most powerful men in Syria. He held civil office under Zenobia of Palmyra at the same time, went about with a bodyguard…
- VoiceIgnatius of AntiochIgnatius was bishop of Antioch in Syria — the city where believers were first called Christians. He called himself Theophorus, "God-bearer." He was condemned to die in the…
- VoiceTheophilus of AntiochTheophilus was the sixth bishop of Antioch in Syria, serving roughly from 169 to the early 180s. Antioch was the third city of the empire and the place where the disciples were…
Apocrypha (study resources)
14 results- Study resource2 Esdras 16:1Woe be unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe be unto thee, Egypt and Syria!
- Study resource1 Esdras 6:7The copy of the letters which Sisinnes, governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, rulers in Syria and Phenice, wrote and sent unto Darius; To…
- Study resource1 Maccabees 7:39So Nicanor went out of Jerusalem, and pitched his tents in Bethhoron, where an host out of Syria met him.
- Study resource1 Esdras 6:3At the same time came unto them Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, with Sathrabuzanes and his companions, and said unto them,
- Study resource1 Maccabees 3:13Now when Seron, a prince of the army of Syria, heard say that Judas had gathered unto him a multitude and company of the faithful to go out with him to war;
Doorways
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H758אֲרָם ʼĂrâm — Aram or Syria, and its inhabitantsG4947Συρία Syría — Syria (i.e. Tsyria or Tyre), a
region of AsiaG4948Σύρος Sýros — a Syran (i.e. probably Tyrian), a native of
SyriaH726אֲרוֹמִי ʼĂrôwmîy — an Edomite (as in the margin)H761אֲרַמִּי ʼĂrammîy — an Aramite or AramaeanH7421רַמִּי rammîy — a Ramite, i.e. Aramaean